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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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]: Craze \Craze\ (kr[=a]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crazed} (kr[=a]zd); p. pr & vb n. {Crazing}.] [OE. crasen to break, fr Scand., perh. through OF.; cf Sw krasa to crackle, sl[*a] i kras, to break to pieces, F. ['e]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.
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