Full Version: Reverse Engraving
From: Dave Jones (DAVERJ) [#26]
18 Apr 2007
To: Larry B (PALMETTO) [#24] Unread
Pronunciation: 'krAz
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): crazed; craz·ing
Etymology: Middle English crasen to crush, craze, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Swedish krasa to crush
transitive verb
1 obsolete : BREAK, SHATTER
2 : to produce minute cracks on the surface or glaze of <crazed glass>
3 : to make insane or as if insane <crazed by pain and fear>
intransitive verb
1 archaic : SHATTER, BREAK
2 : to become insane
3 : to develop a mesh of fine cracks