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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Glair

Glāir, n.

noun

n. [Fr. glaire, Pr. glearea, gravy, must, Fr. glaire d'œuf, the glair of an egg, from A.-S. glāre, amber, glare, L. Lat. glæria, any thing sticky.]

  1. The white of an egg.
  2. Any viscous, transparent substance, resembling the white of an egg.
  3. A kind of halberd.

Glāir, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. GLAIRED; p. pr. & vb. n. GLAIRING.] To smear with the white of an egg.