Glare | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Glâre, n.

noun

n. [Allied to Lat. clārus, clear, bright, shining, A-S. glīre, amber, glare, any thing transparent, L. Ger. glaren, glören, to glow or burn like coals, glarogig, O. D. gleroogigh, blue-eyed, Dan. glar, Icel. glêr, glass.] 1. A bright, dazzling light; clear, brilliant luster or splendor, that dazzles the eyes; a confusing and bewildering light. The frame of burnished steel that cast a glare. Dryden. 2. A fierce, piercing look. About them round, A lion now he stalks with fiery glare. Milton. 3. A viscous, transparent substance. See GLAIR.

Glāre, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [imp. & p. p. GLARED; p. pr. & vb. n. GLARING.] 1. To shine with a clear, bright, dazzling light; as, glaring light. The cavern glares with new-admitted light. Dryden. 2. To look with fierce, piercing eyes. And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon. Byron. 3. To shine with excessive luster; to be ostentatiously splendid; as, a glaring dress. She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring. Pope.

Glâre, v. t.

verbtransitive

To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light. “Every eye glared lightning.” Milton.

Glāre, a.

adjective

a. [See GLARE, n.] Polished so as to reflect light brightly or clearly; hence, smooth; slippery; glib; as, the pool was covered with glare ice.