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candied |
cooked or coated in or with sugar, honey, or syrup, esp. to glaze, encrust, or preserve. [1/2 definitions] |
candy |
to cook in sugar syrup in order to cover with sugar crystals or a glaze. [1/2 definitions] |
crackle |
to produce a pattern of thin cracks on a surface, as thin ice or glass, or esp. as a ceramic glaze. [2/9 definitions] |
crackleware |
ceramic, porcelain, or the like, with a finely cracked glaze or surface. |
craze |
to produce fine cracks in the surface or finish of, as the glaze on pottery. [1/6 definitions] |
crazed |
(of pottery or porcelain) having fine cracks in the glaze, sometimes intentionally created for decorative effect. [1/2 definitions] |
finish |
the smooth texture, protective glaze, or fine appearance of a hard surface. [1/11 definitions] |
glacé |
to make glacé; glaze; ice. [1/2 definitions] |
glaze |
to form or turn into a glaze. [1/9 definitions] |
glazing |
any glaze applied to a surface. [1/3 definitions] |
graniteware |
pottery with a gray speckled glaze that resembles granite. [1/3 definitions] |
icing |
a sweet glaze for coating or decorating baked goods, esp. cakes; frosting. |
lead2 |
to glaze (pottery) with a substance containing lead. [1/10 definitions] |
lusterware |
highly glazed earthenware with a metallic sheen caused by the addition of metal oxides to the glaze. |
reglaze |
combined form of glaze. |
sgraffito |
a technique of decorating ceramics or the like by cutting through a glaze or other surface later to reveal a ground of a different color. [1/3 definitions] |
sizing |
a glaze or filler for porous surfaces as on paper, cloth, or plaster walls; size. [2 definitions] |
titanium dioxide |
a powder used as a white pigment in paint and ceramic glaze and in white rubber, plastic, and the like. |
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