Encrust is a related term of glaze.
In lang=en terms the difference between encrust and glaze
is that encrust is to cover with a hard crust while glaze is for eyes to take on an uninterested appearance.
As verbs the difference between encrust and glaze
is that encrust is to cover with a hard crust while glaze is to install windows.
As a noun glaze is
(ceramics) the vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing see (transitive verb).
encrust
English
Alternative forms
* incrust
Verb
(
en verb)
To cover with a hard crust.
To inset or affix decorative materials upon a surface
glaze
English
Etymology 1
First attested in 1784 in reference to ice. From the verb.
Noun
(
en noun)
(ceramics) The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See (transitive verb).
A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.
An edible coating applied to food.
(meteorology) A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice
Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.
A glazing oven. See Glost oven.
Etymology 2
From Middle English glasen'' ("to fit with glass"). Either a continuation of an unattested Old English weak verb ''*glæsan'', or coined in Middle English as a compound of ''glas'' and ''-en (standard infinitive suffix). Probably influenced in Modern English by glazen.
Verb
(glaz)
To install windows.
(transitive, ceramics, painting) To apply a thin, transparent layer of coating.
*
To become glazed or glassy.
For eyes to take on an uninterested appearance.
References
* Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[http://www.studiopotter.org/articles/?art=art0001]
Anagrams
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