Craze /(krāz)/

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

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.

2. To weaken; to impair; to render decrepit. [Obs.]

   Till length of years, And sedentary numbness, craze my limbs.

3. To derange the intellect of; to render insane.

   Any man . . . that is crazed and out of his wits.

   Grief hath crazed my wits.

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.

2. To crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery.

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.

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.

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