{ } v. t. [ Pref. a- + crase; or cf. F. écraser to crush. See Crase, Craze. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To craze. [ Obs. ] Grafton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To impair; to destroy. [ Obs. ] Hacket. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Alcarrazas. /plu> [ Sp., from Ar. al-kurrāz earthen vessel. ] A vessel of porous earthenware, used for cooling liquids by evaporation from the exterior surface. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ OE. brasiere, F. braise live coals. See Brass. ] An artificer who works in brass. Franklin. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, n. [ F. brasier, braisíer, fr. braise live coals. See Brass. ] A large metal pan for holding burning coals or charcoal; it is used to warm people who must stay outside for long times. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Brazed p. pr. & vb. n. Brazing. ] [ F. braser to solder, fr. Icel. brasa to harden by fire. Cf. Brass. ] 1. To solder with hard solder, esp. with an alloy of copper and zinc; as, to braze the seams of a copper pipe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To harden. “Now I am brazes to it.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ AS. bræsian, fr. bræs brass. See Brass. ] To cover or ornament with brass. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a.[ OE. brasen, AS. bræsen. See Brass. ] 1. Pertaining to, made of, or resembling, brass. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Sounding harsh and loud, like resounding brass. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Impudent; immodest; shameless; having a front like brass; as, a brazen countenance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Brazen age. (a) (Myth.) The age of war and lawlessness which succeeded the silver age. (b) (Archæol.) See under Bronze. --
Brazen sea (Jewish Antiq.), a large laver of brass, placed in Solomon's temple for the use of the priests. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Brazened p. pr. & vb. n. Brazening. ] To carry through impudently or shamelessly; as, to brazen the matter through. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sabina brazened it out before Mrs. Wygram, but inwardly she was resolved to be a good deal more circumspect. W. Black. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Shamelessly impudent. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An impudent or shameless person. “Well said, brazenface; hold it out.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Impudent; shameless. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a bold, impudent manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being brazen. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Brasier. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Cf. Pg. & Sp. brasilete, It. brasiletto. ] See Brazil wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. a. Of or pertaining to Brazil. -- n. A native or an inhabitant of Brazil. [ 1913 Webster ]

Brazilian pebble. See Pebble, n., 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. brésiline. See Brazil. ] (Chem.) A substance contained in both Brazil wood and Sapan wood, from which it is extracted as a yellow crystalline substance which is white when pure. It is colored intensely red by alkalies. [ Written also brezilin. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) An oily, three-sided nut, the seed of the Bertholletia excelsa; the cream nut. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ From eighteen to twenty-four of the seeds or “nuts” grow in a hard and nearly globular shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ OE. brasil, LL. brasile (cf. Pg. & Sp. brasil, Pr. bresil, Pr. bresil); perh. from Sp. or Pg. brasa a live coal (cf. Braze, Brasier); or Ar. vars plant for dyeing red or yellow. This name was given to the wood from its color; and it is said that King Emanuel, of Portugal, gave the name Brazil to the country in South America on account of its producing this wood. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The wood of the oriental Cæsalpinia Sapan; -- so called before the discovery of America. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A very heavy wood of a reddish color, imported from Brazil and other tropical countries, for cabinet-work, and for dyeing. The best is the heartwood of Caesalpinia echinata, a leguminous tree; but other trees also yield it. An inferior sort comes from Jamaica, the timber of Caesalpinia Braziliensis and Caesalpinia crista. This is often distinguished as Braziletto , but the better kind is also frequently so named. The wood is also used for violin bows. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. a tropical tree (Caesalpinia echinata) with a prickly trunk; its heavy red heartwood (also called brazilwood) yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry.
Syn. -- peachwood, pernambuco wood. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. a North American river, flowing into the Gulf of Mexico.
Syn. -- Brazos River. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Congo. Population (2000) = 937, 580. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Crazed p. pr. & vb. n. Crazing. ] [ OE. crasen to break, fr. Scand., perh. through OF.; cf. Sw. krasa to crackle, slå i kras, to break to pieces, F. écraser 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 ]

v. i. 1. To be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed; to rave; to become insane. [ 1913 Webster ]

She would weep and he would craze. Keats. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Craziness; insanity. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A strong habitual desire or fancy; a crotchet. [ 1913 Webster ]

It was quite a craze with him [ Burns ] to have his Jean dressed genteelly. Prof. Wilson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A temporary passion or infatuation, as for same new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; a fad; as, the bric-a-brac craze; the æsthetic craze. [ 1913 Webster ]

Various crazes concerning health and disease. W. Pater. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Ceramics) A crack in the glaze or enamel such as is caused by exposure of the pottery to great or irregular heat. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A broken state; decrepitude; an impaired state of the intellect. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a crazy manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The state of being broken down or weakened; as, the craziness of a ship, or of the limbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being broken in mind; imbecility or weakness of intellect; derangement. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ]

{ , n. [ See 1st Craze. ] A mill for grinding tin ore. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Craze. ] 1. Characterized by weakness or feebleness; decrepit; broken; falling to decay; shaky; unsafe. [ 1913 Webster ]

Piles of mean andcrazy houses. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

One of great riches, but a crazy constitution. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

They . . . got a crazy boat to carry them to the island. Jeffrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Broken, weakened, or dissordered in intellect; shattered; demented; deranged. [ 1913 Webster ]

Over moist and crazy brains. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Inordinately desirous; foolishly eager. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The girls were crazy to be introduced to him. R. B. Kimball. [ 1913 Webster ]

Crazy bone, the bony projection at the end of the elbow (olecranon), behind which passes the ulnar nerve; -- so called on account of the curiously painful tingling felt, when, in a particular position, it receives a blow; -- called also funny bone. --
Crazy quilt, a bedquilt made of pieces of silk or other material of various sizes, shapes, and colors, fancifully stitched together without definite plan or arrangement. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any of several leguminous plants of Western North America causing locoism in livestock.
Syn. -- locoweed, crazy weed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. Dross, Drossel. ] A slut; a vagabond wench. Same as Drossel. [ Obs. ] Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Frazzled p. pr. & vb. n. Frazzling ] [ Cf. G. faseln, and E. fray. ] To fray; to wear or pull into tatters or tag ends; to tatter; -- used literally and figuratively. [ Prov. Eng. & U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Her hair was of a reddish gray color, and its frazzled and tangled condition suggested that the woman had recently passed through a period of extreme excitement. J. C. Harris. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. The act or result of frazzling; the condition or quality of being frazzled; the tag end; a frayed-out end. [ Prov. Eng. & U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

My fingers are all scratched to frazzles. Kipling. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. a state of extreme exhaustion; -- often used in the phrase
worn to a frazzle. [ wns=1 ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Gordon had sent word to Lee that he “had fought his corps to a frazzle.” Nicolay & Hay (Life of Lincoln). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Grazed p. pr. & vb. n. Grazing. ] [ OE. grasen, AS. grasian, fr. græs grass. See Grass. ] 1. To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for. [ 1913 Webster ]

A field or two to graze his cows. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture); to browse. [ 1913 Webster ]

The lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing. [ 1913 Webster ]

When Jacob grazed his uncle Laban's sheep. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing; as, the bullet grazed the wall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To eat grass; to feed on growing herbage; as, cattle graze on the meadows. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To yield grass for grazing. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ground continueth the wet, whereby it will never graze to purpose. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To touch something lightly in passing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of grazing; the cropping of grass. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Turning him out for a graze on the common. T. Hughes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A light touch; a slight scratch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One that grazes; a creature which feeds on growing grass or herbage. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cackling goose,
Close grazer, finds wherewith to ease her want. J. Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who pastures cattle, and rears them for market. [ 1913 Webster ]

The inhabitants be rather . . . graziers than plowmen. Stow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, grazes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A pasture; growing grass. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖adv. [ It., adj. See Gracious. ] (Mus.) Gracefully; smoothly; elegantly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hydr- + azo- + -ine. ] (Chem.) Any one of a series of nitrogenous bases, resembling the amines and produced by the reduction of certain nitroso and diazo compounds; as, methyl hydrazine, phenyl hydrazine, etc. They are derivatives of hydrazine proper, H2N.NH2, which is a doubled amido group, recently (1887) isolated as a stable, colorless gas, with a peculiar, irritating odor. As a base it forms distinct salts. Called also diamide, amidogen, (or more properly diamidogen), etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n. Also }. [ Tetrazo- + -ine. ] (Chem.) A hypothetical compound, C2H2N4 which may be regarded as benzene with four CH groups replaced by nitrogen atoms; also, any of various derivatives of the same. There are three isomeric varieties. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. To bear down with a brazen face; to surpass in impudence. T. Brown. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To obliterate. [ Obs. ] Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]

pl. paparazzi. n. [ from Signore Paparazzo, a photographer in Fellini's film La Dolce Vita. ]1. A free-lance photographer that specializes in following and photographing celebrities such as movie stars, especially to obtain candid photographs in private situations; as, her dogged pursuit by the paparazzi was believed to be a major factor in Princess Diana's death. [ PJC ]

n. [ See Race. ] A Shakespearean word (used once) supposed to mean the same as race, a root. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Razed p. pr. & vb. n. Razing. ] [ F. raser. See Rase, v. t. ] [ Written also rase. ] 1. To erase; to efface; to obliterate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Razing the characters of your renown. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To subvert from the foundation; to lay level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to demolish. [ 1913 Webster ]

The royal hand that razed unhappy Troy. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To demolish; level; prostrate; overthrow; subvert; destroy; ruin. See Demolish. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Slashed or striped in patterns. [ Obs. ] “Two Provincial roses on my razed shoes.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. vaisseau rasé, fr. raser to raze, to cut down ships. See Raze, v. t., Rase, v. t. ] (Naut.) An armed ship having her upper deck cut away, and thus reduced to the next inferior rate, as a seventy-four cut down to a frigate. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]