Glaze vs Deglaze - What's the difference?

In transitive terms the difference between glaze and deglaze

is that glaze is to install windows while deglaze is to abrade the cylinders of an engine to ensure a tight seal.

As a noun glaze

is the vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See glaze (transitive verb).

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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deglaze

English

Verb

To remove glaze from.

To abrade the cylinders of an engine to ensure a tight seal.

(cooking) To detach small pieces of cooked food from a pan by adding liquid, so that they can be used in further cooking.