Craze

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Craziness; insanity.

II. Craze ·noun A strong habitual desire or fancy; a crotchet.

III. Craze ·vt To derange the intellect of; to render insane.

IV. Craze ·vi To crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery.

V. Craze ·vt To Weaken; to Impair; to render decrepit.

VI. Craze ·vi To be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed; to Rave; to become insane.

VII. Craze ·vt To break into pieces; to Crush; to grind to powder. ·see Crase.

VIII. Craze ·add. ·noun A crack in the glaze or enamel such as is caused by exposure of the pottery to great or irregular heat.

IX. Craze ·noun A temporary passion or infatuation, as for same new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; as, the bric-a-brac craze; the aesthetic craze.