Glaze is a related term of gild.
In lang=en terms the difference between glaze and gild
is that glaze is for eyes to take on an uninterested appearance while gild is to make appear drunk.
As nouns the difference between glaze and gild
is that glaze is (ceramics) the vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing see (transitive verb) while gild is .
As verbs the difference between glaze and gild
is that glaze is to install windows while gild is to cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf.
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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gild
English
Verb
To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf.
To adorn.
To make appear drunk.
Derived terms
* gild the lily
* gild the pill
