unglaze

present singular third person unglazes · participle present unglazing · participle past unglazed · past unglazed

1. transitiveTo strip (a window, etc.) of glass.

   Matisse said he had to do battle with his host before he could unglaze and rehang the pictures.

   2017, Hilary Spurling ·, Matisse the Master: A Life of Henri Matisse: 1909-1954

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   It is but a few hours' work for any good ordinary man to unglaze the whole of these border protectors, and to reglaze them, the 'clips' being already there.

   2008, Samuel Wood, The Forcing Garden, page 8

   The serjeant carried him into a house near Charing Cross, whither flocked many of the Marquis's servants and others, broke open the house, setting ladders to it to unglaze and untile it, got in, beat the serjeants so that one of them died since, threatened to blow up the house with gunpowder, took the prisoner, brought him forth, and, with swords drawn, conducted him to Whitehall and there put him in.

   2024, Andrew Bisset, The History of the Struggle for Parliamentary Government in England, page 130

2. To bring into or come into focus.

   His eyes seemed to unglaze.

   2011, Elizabeth George, Playing For The Ashes

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   Among the many recommendations endorsed by the groups were having an institutional commitment to global education, thinking beyond and across disciplinary lines, empowering faculty to infuse global issues throughout the corriculum, enlarging student experiences, offering faculty incentives, using non-U.S. source material, emphasizing the importance of study abroad and international internships using "whatever pedagogical means necessary to unglaze students' eyes ."

   2008, Angelo Carfagna, “Breaking Down Notions of Us and Them”, in Scott Sernau, editor, Contemporary Readings in Globalization, page 85

   Rhen blinked once, but once was all it took for his gaze to unglaze and his features to retreat, to harden.

   2015, Kaitlyn Davis, The Shadow Soul

3. cookingSynonym of deglaze.

   You think they're burnt, but these nasty-looking particles are the hidden flavor in many sauces — that is, if you can deglaze (or if you prefer, unglaze) the pan.

   1994, Elaine Corn, Now You're Cooking: Everything a Beginner Needs to Know to Start Cooking Today, page 108

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   Dress the chickens on a dish after they are thoroughly cooked and pour the tomatoes over; unglaze the bottom of the pan with a glass of sherry and a little good gravy; range this around the chickens .

   1897, Adolphe Gallier, The Majestic Family Cook-book, page 255

   At the last moment drain off the endives; arrange them on a dish and unglaze the saucepan with a little half-glaze sauce (No. 413) or light béchamel No. 409), then strain the sauce over.

   1912, Charles Ranhofer, The Epicurean, page 827

   Synonyms: deglaze