Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
glassy, glazed
(adjective) (used of eyes) lacking liveliness; âempty eyesâ; âa glassy stareâ; âhis eyes were glazed over with boredomâ
glazed, shiny
(adjective) having a shiny surface or coating; âglazed fabricsâ; âglazed doughnutsâ
glazed, glassed
(adjective) fitted or covered with glass; âfour glazed wallsâ
glazed
(adjective) (of foods) covered with a shiny coating by applying e.g. beaten egg or a sugar or gelatin mixture; âglazed doughnutsâ; âa glazed hamâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
glazed
Of eyes: showing no liveliness.
glazed
simple past tense and past participle of glaze
glazed (plural glazeds)
(US, colloquial, rare) A glazed donut, one with a coating such as sugar or chocolate.
Source: Wiktionary
Glaze, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Glazed; p. pr. & vb. n. Glazing.] Etym: [OE. glasen, glazen, fr. glas. See Glass.]
1. To furnish (a window, a house, a sash, a ease, etc.) with glass. Two cabinets daintily paved, richly handed, and glazed with crystalline glass. Bacon.
2. 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. Sorrow's eye glazed with blinding tears. Shak.
3. (Paint.)
Definition: To apply thinly a transparent or semitransparent color to (another color), to modify the effect.
Glaze, v. i.
Definition: To become glazed of glassy.
Glaze, n.
1. The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See Glaze, v. t., 3. Ure.
2. (Cookery)
Definition: Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.
3. A glazing oven. See Glost oven.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 March 2025
(adjective) without care or thought for others; âthe thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; âLet them eat cakeââ
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.