craze

A strong habitual desire or fancy.

A temporary passion or infatuation, as for some new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; a fad.

Winemaking was a huge craze in the 1970s, when affordable package holidays to the continent gave people a taste for winedrinking, but the recession made it hard to afford off-license prices back home.

A crack in the glaze or enamel caused by exposure of the pottery to great or irregular heat.

Craziness; insanity.

‘A poor fellow with a craze, sir,’ said Mr. Dick, ‘a simpleton, a weak-minded person […] may do what wonderful people may not do. […]’

To weaken; to impair; to render decrepit.

till length of years / And ſedentary numneſs craze my limbs

To derange the intellect of; to render insane.

any man […] that is crazed and out of his wits

Grief hath crazed my wits.

To be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed; to rave; to become insane.

And if Robin should be cast / Sudden from his turfed grave, / And if Marian should have / Once again her forest days, / She would weep and he would craze: [...]

To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See crase.

God looking forth will trouble all his Hoſt / And craze thir Chariot wheels:

To crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery.