Found 2 items, similar to crazing.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: craze craze n 1: an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; “he always follows the latest fads”; “it was all the rage that season” [syn: fad, furor, furore, cult, rage] 2: state of violent mental agitation [syn: delirium, frenzy, fury, hysteria] 3: a fine crack in a glaze or other surface v 1: cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind [syn: madden] 2: develop a fine network of cracks; “Crazed ceramics”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Crazing 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 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. [1913 Webster] God, looking forth, will trouble all his host, And craze their chariot wheels. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To weaken; to impair; to render decrepit. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Till length of years, And sedentary numbness, craze my limbs. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. To derange the intellect of; to render insane. [1913 Webster] Any man . . . that is crazed and out of his wits. --Tilloston. [1913 Webster] Grief hath crazed my wits. --Shak. [1913 Webster]