glacer, v.a., to freeze, to ice; to freeze up, to congeal, to chill; to strike, to overpower, to paralyze; to glaze; to frost; to hide the seams (of a garment). Ce récit nous glaça d’horreur; this story struck us dumb with horror. — des confitures; to ice sweetmeats. — de la viande; to glaze meat. — une doublure; to stitch down a lining. — la soie; (dy.) to alum silk.
se glacer, v.r., to freeze, to chill; to become weak, to grow feeble.
glacer, v.n., to freeze.
glacerie, n.f., ice-making; ice manufactory; looking-glass manufactory; coffee-house.
glaceu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., glazer.
glaceu-x, -se, adj., having flaws, flawy (of gems).
glaciaire, adj., (geol.) of glaciers, glacial. Période —; ice period.
glacial, -e, adj., frozen, glacial, icy, frigid. Air —; nipping air. Vent —; biting wind. Mine —e; frigid countenance. Mer —e, océan —; (geog.) Frozen Sea, Arctic Ocean.
glaciale, n.f., (bot.) ice-plant.