craze

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. ]