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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Glazer \Glaz"er\, n.
     1. One who applies glazing, as in pottery manufacture, etc.;
        one who gives a glasslike or glossy surface to anything; a
        calenderer or smoother of cloth, paper, and the like.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A tool or machine used in glazing, polishing, smoothing,
        etc.; amoung cutlers and lapidaries, a wooden wheel
        covered with emery, or having a band of lead and tin
        alloy, for polishing cutlery, etc.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Emery \Em"er*y\, n. [F. ['e]meri, earlier ['e]meril, It.
     smeriglio, fr. Gr. ?, ?, ?, cf. ? to wipe; perh. akin to E.
     smear. Cf. Emeril.] (Min.)
     Corundum in the form of grains or powder, used in the arts
     for grinding and polishing hard substances. Native emery is
     mixed with more or less magnetic iron. See the Note under
     Corundum.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Emery board, cardboard pulp mixed with emery and molded
        into convenient.
  
     Emery cloth or Emery paper, cloth or paper on which the
        powder of emery is spread and glued for scouring and
        polishing.
  
     Emery wheel, a wheel containing emery, or having a surface
        of emery. In machine shops, it is sometimes called a buff
        wheel, and by the manufacturers of cutlery, a glazer.
        [1913 Webster] ||

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Emery \Em"er*y\, n. [F. ['e]meri, earlier ['e]meril, It.
     smeriglio, fr. Gr. ?, ?, ?, cf. ? to wipe; perh. akin to E.
     smear. Cf. Emeril.] (Min.)
     Corundum in the form of grains or powder, used in the arts
     for grinding and polishing hard substances. Native emery is
     mixed with more or less magnetic iron. See the Note under
     Corundum.
  
     Emery board, cardboard pulp mixed with emery and molded
        into convenient.
  
     Emery cloth or paper, cloth or paper on which the powder
        of emery is spread and glued for scouring and polishing.
        
  
     Emery wheel, a wheel containing emery, or having a surface
        of emery. In machine shops, it is sometimes called a buff
        wheel, and by the manufacturers of cutlery, a glazer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Glazer \Glaz"er\, n.
     1. One who applies glazing, as in pottery manufacture, etc.;
        one who gives a glasslike or glossy surface to anything; a
        calenderer or smoother of cloth, paper, and the like.
  
     2. A tool or machine used in glazing, polishing, smoothing,
        etc.; amoung cutlers and lapidaries, a wooden wheel
        covered with emery, or having a band of lead and tin
        alloy, for polishing cutlery, etc.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  glazer
       n : someone who cuts flat glass to size [syn: glass cutter, glass-cutter,
            glassworker, glazier]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  glazer
     n.
     1 One who applies glaze, as in pottery, etc.; one who gives a
  glasslike or glossy surface to anything; a calenderer or smoother of
  cloth, paper, etc.
     2 (lb en slang) A person who is prone to endless monologue; derived
  from the practice of speaking until the listener's eyes "glaze
  over".
     3 A glazier; one who fits glass.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Glazer
     n.
     (surname en from=occupations) for a glazer.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  glazer
     n.
     1 One who applies glaze, as in pottery, etc.; one who gives a
  glasslike or glossy surface to anything; a calenderer or smoother of
  cloth, paper, etc.
     2 (lb en slang) A person who is prone to endless monologue; derived
  from the practice of speaking until the listener's eyes "glaze
  over".
     3 A glazier; one who fits glass.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Glazer
     n.
     (surname en from=occupations) for a glazer.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  glazer
     n.
     1 One who applies glaze, as in pottery, etc.; one who gives a
  glasslike or glossy surface to anything; a calenderer or smoother of
  cloth, paper, etc.
     2 (lb en slang) A person who is prone to endless monologue; derived
  from the practice of speaking until the listener's eyes "glaze
  over".
     3 A glazier; one who fits glass.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Glazer
     n.
     (surname en from=occupations) for a glazer.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  glazer
     n.
     1 One who applies glaze, as in pottery, etc.; one who gives a
  glasslike or glossy surface to anything; a calenderer or smoother of
  cloth, paper, etc.
     2 (lb en slang) A person who is prone to endless monologue; derived
  from the practice of speaking until the listener's eyes "glaze
  over".
     3 A glazier; one who fits glass.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Glazer
     n.
     (surname en from=occupations) for a glazer.

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Glazer /ɡlˈeɪzə/
  الزجّاج

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  glazer /ɡlˈeɪzə/ 
  polévač

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  glazer /ɡlˈeɪzə/
  fényezô

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɡɫeɪzɝ/

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 上釉工人;加光工人;轧光滚轮

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