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crazing
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Crazing
(gcide) | Crazing \Craz"ing\, p. pr. & vb. n. of Craze, v. Hence: n.
Fine cracks resulting from shrinkage on the surface of glazed
pottery, concrete, or other material. The admired crackle in
some Oriental potteries and porcelains is crazing produced in
a foreseen and regulated way. In common pottery it is often
the result of exposure to undue heat, and the beginning of
disintegration.
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Crazing
(gcide) | Craze \Craze\ (kr[=a]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crazed
(kr[=a]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Crazing.] [OE. crasen to break,
fr. Scand., perh. through OF.; cf. Sw. krasa to crackle,
sl[*a] i kras, to break to pieces, F. ['e]craser to crush,
fr. the Scand. Cf. Crash.]
1. To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See
Crase.
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God, looking forth, will trouble all his host, And
craze their chariot wheels. --Milton.
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2. To weaken; to impair; to render decrepit. [Obs.]
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Till length of years,
And sedentary numbness, craze my limbs. --Milton.
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3. To derange the intellect of; to render insane.
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Any man . . . that is crazed and out of his wits.
--Tilloston.
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Grief hath crazed my wits. --Shak.
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crazing
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Crazing-mill
(gcide) | Craze-mill \Craze"-mill`\ (kr[=a]z"m[i^]l`), Crazing-mill
\Craz"ing-mill`\ (kr?"z?ng-), n. [See 1st Craze.]
A mill for grinding tin ore.
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