GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 4 definitions

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   Glare , v. 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.]
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   To shine with a bright, dazzling light.
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   The cavern glares with new-admitted light.
   Dryden.
   
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   To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly, angrily, or fiercely.
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   And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon.
   Byron.
   
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   To be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be ostentatiously splendid or gay.
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   She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring.
   Pope.
   
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   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.
   Milton.
   
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   Glare, n.
   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.
   Dryden.
   
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   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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   A viscous, transparent substance. See Glair.
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   A smooth, bright, glassy surface; as, a glare of ice. [U. S. ]
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   Glare, a. [See Glary, and Glare, n.] Smooth and bright or translucent; -- used almost exclusively of ice; as, skating on glare ice. [U. S.]
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