- a hard, impervious coating fired on to ceramic materials, it can be clear or colored, transparent or opaque, matte or glossy; clay glazes are like slips and were used on very early ceramics, other glazes are all forms of glass made from powdered glass, feldspar, borax, salts, or metal oxides; lead glaze is found on Hafner ware and folk pottery; leopard glaze is a strong brown-speckled saltglaze found especially on Frechen wares; saltglazes are produced by pouring large quantities of salt into the furnace at its peak firing temperature - the sodium chloride reacts with water (hydrogen oxide) to produce a glassy coating (sodium oxide) and hydrochloric acid vapors; tin glaze, as commonly used on faience, is made from tin oxide
A layer or coating of ice that is generally smooth and clear, and forms on exposed objects by the freezing of liquid raindrops
A semitransparent coat of color applied to a painting to modify the effect of the colors
To incrust, cover, or overlay with a thin surface, consisting of, or resembling, glass; as, to glaze earthenware; hence, to render smooth, glasslike, or glossy; as, to glaze paper, gunpowder, and the like
To coat with a food with a thin liquid, such as aspic, jelly, egg wash or chocolate topping, that will be smooth and shiny after setting
A translucent layer of paint through which other layers of paint can be seen This usually increases the sense of depth and luminosity of a painting, but if a painting is dirty or has an old varnish over it, then the effect of the glaze is neutralized
A coating of ice, generally clear and smooth formed by the freezing of supercooled water on a surface
Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes
Give food a shiny coating of sauce before serving by brushing with beaten egg, milk, syrup or melted preserves
A coating of glass that gives pottery a smooth a brilliant surface After the glaze is applied (usually applied by dipping, pouring or spraying) the pot is fired again in order to fuse the glaze and vitrify the clay body of the piece