Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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

Craze \Craze\, v. i.
   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.    --Keats.

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

Craze \Craze\, n.
   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.               --Prof.
                                                  Wilson.

   3. A temporary passion or infatuation, as for same new
      amusement, pursuit, or fashion; as, the bric-a-brac craze;
      the [ae]sthetic craze.

            Various crazes concerning health and disease. --W.
                                                  Pater.

Craze \Craze\ (kr[=a]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crazed}
   (kr[=a]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crazing}.] [OE. crasen to break,
   fr. Scand., perh. through OF.; cf. Sw. krasa to crackle,
   sl[*a] i kras, to break to pieces, F. ['e]craser to crush,
   fr. the Scand. Cf. {Crash}.]
   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.           --Milton.

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

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

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

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

            Grief hath crazed my wits.            --Shak.

Source : WordNet®

craze
     n 1: an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always
          follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that
          season" [syn: {fad}, {furor}, {furore}, {cult}, {rage}]
     2: state of violent mental agitation [syn: {delirium}, {frenzy},
         {fury}, {hysteria}]
     3: a fine crack in a glaze or other surface
     v 1: cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind [syn: {madden}]
     2: develop a fine network of cracks; "Crazed ceramics"