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Webster 1913 Edition

Glare

Glare

(glâr)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Glared
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Glaring
.]
[OE.
glaren
,
gloren
; cf. AS.
glær
amber, LG.
glaren
to glow or burn like coals, D.
gloren
to glimmer; prob. akin to E.
glass
.]
1.
To shine with a bright, dazzling light.
The cavern glares with new-admitted light.
Dryden.
2.
To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly, angrily, or fiercely.
And eye that scorcheth all it
glares
upon.
Byron.
3.
To be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be ostentatiously splendid or gay.
She
glares
in balls, front boxes, and the ring.
Pope.

Glare

,
Verb.
T.
To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.
Every eye
Glared
lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire.
Milton.

Glare

,
Noun.
1.
A bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes; a confusing and bewildering light.
The frame of burnished steel that cast a
glare
.
Dryden.
2.
A fierce, piercing look or stare.
About them round,
A lion now he stalks with fiery
glare
.
Milton.
3.
A viscous, transparent substance. See
Glair
.
4.
A smooth, bright, glassy surface;
as, a
glare
of ice
.
[U. S. ]

Glare

,
Adj.
[See
Glary
, and
Glare
,
Noun.
]
Smooth and bright or translucent; – used almost exclusively of ice;
as, skating on
glare
ice
.
[U. S.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Glare

GLARE

,
Noun.
1.
A bright dazzling light; clear, brilliant luster or splendor, that dazzles the eyes.
The frame of burnished steel that cast a glare.
2.
A fierce, piercing look.
--About them round,
A lion now he stalks with fiery glare.
3.
A viscous transparent substance. [See Glair.]

GLARE

,
Verb.
I.
To shine with a clear, bright, dazzling light; as glaring light.
The cavern glares with new admitted light.
1.
To look with fierce, piercing eyes.
They glared, like angry lions.
2.
To shine with excessive luster; to be ostentatiously splendid; as a glaring dress.
She glares in balls, front boxes and the ring.

GLARE

,
Verb.
T.
To shoot a dazzling light.

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