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glare
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Glare \Glare\, a. [See Glary, and Glare, n.] Smooth and bright or translucent; -- used almost exclusively of ice; as, skating on glare ice. [U. S.] [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Glare \Glare\, v. t.
To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.
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Every eye
Glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Glare \Glare\, n.
1. A bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes;
a confusing and bewildering light.
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The frame of burnished steel that cast a glare.
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2. A fierce, piercing look or stare.
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About them round,
A lion now he stalks with fiery glare. --Milton.
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3. A viscous, transparent substance. See Glair.
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4. A smooth, bright, glassy surface; as, a glare of ice. [U.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Glare \Glare\ (gl[^a]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glared; p. pr. & vb. n. Glaring.] [OE. glaren, gloren; cf. AS. gl[ae]r amber, LG. glaren to glow or burn like coals, D. gloren to glimmer; prob. akin to E. glass.] [1913 Webster] 1. To shine with a bright, dazzling light. [1913 Webster] The cavern glares with new-admitted light. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly, angrily, or fiercely. [1913 Webster] And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon. --Byron. [1913 Webster] 3. To be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be ostentatiously splendid or gay. [1913 Webster] She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
