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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Craze \Craze\ (kr[amac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crazed} (kr[amac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crazing}.] [OE. crasen to break, fr. Scand., perh. through OF.; cf. Sw. krasa to crackle, sl[aring] i kras, to break to pieces, F. [82]craser to crush, fr. the Scand. Cf. {Crash}.] 1. To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See {Crase}. God, looking forth, will trouble all his host, And craze their chariot wheels. --Milton. 2. To weaken; to impair; to render decrepit. [Obs.] Till length of years, And sedentary numbness, craze my limbs. --Milton. 3. To derange the intellect of; to render insane. Any man . . . that is crazed and out of his wits. --Tilloston. Grief hath crazed my wits. --Shak. | |
