Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Crazing"
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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