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Craze

Craze (craze)
v. t.(kr1913 webster dictionaryz)
Craze
[imp. *** p. p. Crazed (kr&amacr]zd); p. pr. *** vb. n. Crazing.] [OE. crasen to break, fr. Scand., perh. through OF.] cf. Sw. krasa to crackle, slå i kras, to b
  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.

Craze

Craze (craze)
v. i.
Craze
  1. To be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed; to rave; to become insane.

    She would weep and he would craze.
    Keats.

  2. To crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery.

Craze

Craze (craze)
n.
Craze
  1. Craziness; insanity.
  2. A strong habitual desire or fancy; a crotchet.

    It was quite a craze with him [Burns] to have his Jean dressed genteelly.
    Prof. Wilson.

  3. A temporary passion or infatuation, as for same new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; as, the bric-a-brac craze; the æsthetic craze.

    Various crazes concerning health and disease.
    W. Pater.

Craze

Craze (craze)
n.
Craze
  1. A crack in the glaze or enamel such as is caused by exposure of the pottery to great or irregular heat.












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