\Craze\ (kr[=a]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crazed}
(kr[=a]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crazing}.] [OE. crasen to break,
fr. Scand., perh. through OF.; cf. Sw. krasa to crackle,
sl[*a] i kras, to break to pieces, F. ['e]craser to crush,
fr. the Scand. Cf. {Crash}.]
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\, v. i.
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\, n.
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 [ae]sthetic craze.

         Various crazes concerning health and disease. --W.
                                               Pater.

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