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craze

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  1. fashion               
 
1. craze \'kra-z\ vb [ME crasen to crush, craze, of Scand rorigin; akin to 
   OSw krasa to]crush obs  1: BREAK, SHATTER  2: to produce minute cracks on 
   the surface or glaze of  3: to make insane or as if insane  archaic  1: 
   SHATTER, BREAK  2: to become insane  3: to develop a mesh of fine cracks 
2. craze n obs  1a: BREAK, FLAW  1b: physical weakness : INFIRMITY  2: a 
   transient infatuation : MANIA, FAD  3: a crack in glaze or enamel