Glare (gl&acir;r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glared (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Glaring.] [OE. glaren, gloren; cf. AS. glaer amber, LG. glaren to glow or burn like coals, D. gloren to glimmer; prob. akin to E. glass.]

1.

To shine with a bright, dazzling light.

The cavern glares with new-admitted light. Dryden.

2.

To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly, angrily, or fiercely.

And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon. Byron.

3.

To be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be ostentatiously splendid or gay.

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.

Every eye Glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire. Milton.

 

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Glare, n.

1.

A bright, dazzling light; 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 or stare.

About them round, A lion now he stalks with fiery glare. Milton.

3.

A viscous, transparent substance. See Glair.

4.

A smooth, bright, glassy surface; as, a glare of ice.

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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.]<-- used generally of reflections of the sun -->

 

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