Craze — Defs

01 v. t. To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See Crase.

imp. & p. p. Crazed; p. pr. & vb. n. Crazing

1.
To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See Crase. 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.

02 v. i. To be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed; to rave; to become insane.

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.

03 n. Craziness; insanity.

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; a fad; as, the bric-a-brac craze; the æsthetic craze.
“Various crazes concerning health and disease.” — W. Pater.
4.
A crack in the glaze or enamel such as is caused by exposure of the pottery to great or irregular heat.(Ceramics)