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▪ I. glazer, n.|ˈgleɪzə(r)|
Also 5 gla(u)ser, 9 glazor.
[f. glaze v.1 + -er1.]
One who or that which glazes.
†1. = glazier. Obs.
1408Mem. Ripon (Surtees) III. 138 Pro plumbar et glauser. 1466Paston Lett. No. 549 II. 268 To the glaser for takyn owte of ii. panys of the wyndows of the schyrche for to late owte the reke of the torches.
2. a. A polisher or burnisher. b. A workman who applies the glaze to pottery, etc.
1586T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. i. (1594) 698 Armorers, glazers, sadlers, spur-makers, smithes, and such like. 1839Ure Dict. Arts 1016 The glazer provides himself at each round with a stock of these ball watches. 1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Glazer..a workman who applies the vitreous incrustation to the surface of earthenware.
3. An implement for glazing; esp. a wheel used in roughly polishing knives, etc.
1812–16J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 35 Some glazors are covered with strong leather. 1831J. Holland Manuf. Metal I. 291 The glazer, composed of cuneiform radii of wood firmly glued together. 1875Knight Dict. Mech., Glazer..2, a calendering or calico-smoothing wheel.
Hence † ˈglazery, glazier's work.
1723Chambers tr. Le Clerc's Treat. Archit. I. 2 The Masonry, Carpentry..Glazery, Roofing, &c.
▪ II. † ˈglazer, v. Obs.
[f. glazer n.]
trans. To polish, burnish.
1743Sir J. Paston in P. Lett. No. 727 III. 95 As ffor my byll that is gylt, I wolde it weer taken head too; ther is one in the town, that can glaser weel i nowe. |