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glazed [glāzd]
(mechanical engineering)
Pertaining to an abrasive surface that has become smooth and cannot abrade efficiently.
(textiles)
Referring to a polished surface finish given to cotton fabric by treating it with starch, glue, paraffin, or shellac and then running it throught a hot friction roller.
glazed
1. Said of an opening that is filled with sheets of glass, as in a window.
2. Said of a finish that is composed of ceramic materials fused into its surface, usually making it essentially impervious to moisture.
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Notwithstanding the little iron stove, the ink froze on the swing- table in the cabin, and I found it more convenient to go ashore stumbling over the arctic waste-land and shivering in glazed tramcars in order to write my evening letter to my owners in a gorgeous cafe in the centre of the town.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
Nor could I pass unnoticed the suggestion of the bleak shores of Lapland, Siberia, Spitzbergen, Nova Zembla, Iceland, Greenland, with "the vast sweep of the Arctic Zone, and those forlorn regions of dreary space,--that reservoir of frost and snow, where firm fields of ice, the accumulation of centuries of winters, glazed in Alpine heights above heights, surround the pole, and concentre the multiplied rigours of extreme cold.
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We parted in tears and kisses, and I lived for some weeks with that sense of having been a Nero, till two months after I received a much glazed and silvered card to the usual effect.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
 
 
 
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