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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[F.

glaire

d’[GREEK]uf, the glair of an egg, prob. fr. L.

clarus

clear, bright. See

Adj.

]

The white of egg. It is used as a size or a glaze in bookbinding, for pastry, etc.

Any viscous, transparent substance, resembling the white of an egg.

A broadsword fixed on a pike; a kind of halberd.

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Glaired

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Glairing

To smear with the white of an egg.

Noun.

[Eng. clear, L. clarus, and with Eng. glare, and L. gloria; perhaps with L. glarea, gravel,or pieces of quartz.]

The white of an egg. It is used as a varnish for preserving paintings.

Any viscous transparent substance, resembling the white of an egg.

A kind of halbert.

Verb.

To smear with the white of an egg; to varnish.