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glazing

glazing

1 5.0
A glass layer melted onto pottery by heat to decorate and protect it
  • noun
  • /ˈɡleɪzɪŋ/
  • Specialized
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  • The artist applied a vibrant glazing on the pottery to enhance its color and shine.
  • salt-glazing
  • glazing techniques

But the face, well, all of the glazes and some of the structure, well, that's gone as well.

Examples

  • As Potters utilize iron ore as a glazing on top of their pots or other where.

  • But the face, well, all of the glazes and some of the structure, well, that's gone as well.

    Baumgartner Restoration

  • And add a little bit of water to the glazing.

    Woman on Top (2000)

  • Would you like to have a gold glazing the snow globe interior?

    A Christmas Star (2015)

  • It's best to plan this activity early in your vacation, because the glazing and firing process can take up to seven days to complete.

    Blog text (15)

  • There are no glazes, there are no mixed medias.

  • And the ceramics at the time generally had lead glazes, so in Europe they would have been greens and Browns and rather dull colours.

  • Dave Gordon, who at first went into his father's glazing business, then made a fortune selling glass insurance, was a partner in the Bulls and White Sox with Jerry Reinsdorf.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • The lead white undercoat reflects the light back through his glazes, giving the picture more depth and in essence, lighting Mona Lisa from within.

  • Bark wood will provide most of the ash and cinder for natural glazing, but the stoker, either as a variable in his or her own regimen or in concert with other head stokers, might want to stay with lumber wood for a few hours in order to raise the temperature in the kiln more quickly.

    Fiction book (1998)

Synonyms

clear glaze
vsglazing
  • Specialized
4.1

A clear, thin layer put on wood or other surfaces to protect them and make them look shiny

is a glasslike coating fused by firing onto ceramics to decorate and protect

Compounds

double glazing
  • UK
1 3.7

Two layers of glass with a space between them that keep heat in and noise out

Surface Forms

glazing singular
glazings plural

Morphology

glazing = glaze (transparent) = glaze + ing

The noun denotes the coating or the process directly derived from the verb 'glaze' with a standard -ing nominalization.

Etymology

Glazing comes from the old word glass, which means 'clear, shiny material'. Potters cover clay with a glass-like layer and fire it, so glazing is the shiny, protective coat on ceramics.