glaze / gleys [glɛɪz]
glaze – n. & v. tr. – n – 1. Metallurgy a layer of compacted sintered oxide formed on some metals; 2. (cooking technique), a coating of a glossy, often sweet, mixture applied to food; 3. (painting technique), a layer of paint, thinned with a medium, so as to become somewhat transparent 4. a vitreous coating to a ceramic material whose primary purposes are decoration or protection; v. tr. – to apply a glaze to a metal, food or ceramics
gleys – n. pl. of gley – a sticky, bluish-gray subsurface layer of clay found in some waterlogged soils