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Webster 1913 Edition
Blear
1.
Dim or sore with water or rheum; – said of the eyes.
His
blear
eyes ran in gutters to his chin. Dryden.
2.
Causing or caused by dimness of sight; dim.
Power to cheat the eye with
blear
illusion. Milton.
Blear
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bleared
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Blearing
.] [OE.
bleren
; cf. Dan. plire
to blink, Sw. plira
to twinkle, wink, LG. plieren
; perh. from the same root as E. blink
. See Blink
, and cf. Blur
.] To make somewhat sore or watery, as the eyes; to dim, or blur, as the sight. Figuratively: To obscure (mental or moral perception); to blind; to hoodwink.
That tickling rheums
Should ever tease the lungs and
Should ever tease the lungs and
blear
the sight. Cowper.
To blear the eye of
, to deceive; to impose upon.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Blear
BLEAR
,Adj.
BLEAR
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
blear
blear
English
Adjective
blear (comparative more blear, superlative most blear)
- (of eyes or vision) dim, unclear from water or rheum.
- Charles Dickens
- His blear eyes ran in gutters to his chin.
- 1981, John Gardner, Freddy's Book, Abacus 1982, p. 74:
- The Devil, now disguised as a half-wit peasant to Lars-Goren's left, stood grinning, his blear eyes glittering.
- Charles Dickens
- Causing or caused by dimness of sight.
- Milton
- Power to cheat the eye with blear illusion.
- Milton
Translations
See also
Verb
blear (third-person singular simple present blears, present participle blearing, simple past and past participle bleared)
Translations
make blurred or dim
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