Blear1, a.
a. [See infra.] 1. Dim or sore with water or rheum; — applied to the eyes. His blear eyes ran in gutters to his chin. Dryden. 2. Causing dimness of sight; obscuring. “To cheat the eye with blear illusion.” Milton.
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Blear
Blear2, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. BLEARED; p. pr. & vb. n. BLEARING.] [Cf. Sw. blira, plira, to twinkle, wink, L. Ger. plyren, plüren, pliern. It may, however, be the same word as blare, so that blear-eyed originally signifies, having the eyes dimmed with blaring, crying, or shedding tears.]
Sense 1. To make sore; to affect with soreness of eyes, or a watery humor. Hence,
Sense 2. To make dim, or partially to obscure the sight of.
Enticing dames my patience still did prove, And bleared mine eyes. Gascoigne.