glare

Definitions

1. 1.To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly, angrily, or fiercely. And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon. Byron.
2. 2.To be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be ostentatiously splendid or gay. She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring. Pope.
3. 3.To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light. Every eye Glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire. Milton.
4. 4.A bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes; a confusing and bewildering light. The frame of burnished steel that cast a glare. Dryden.
5. 5.A fierce, piercing look or stare. About them round, A lion now he stalks with fiery glare. Milton.
6. 6.A viscous, transparent substance. See Glair.
7. 7.A smooth, bright, glassy surface; as, a glare of ice. [U. S. ]
8. 8.Smooth and bright or translucent; -- used almost exclusively of ice; as, skating on glare ice. [U. S.]

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly, angrily, or fiercely. And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon. Byron called?
• What is to be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be ostentatiously splendid or gay. She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring. Pope called?
• What is to shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light. Every eye Glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire. Milton called?
• What is a bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes; a confusing and bewildering light. The frame of burnished steel that cast a glare. Dryden called?
• What is a fierce, piercing look or stare. About them round, A lion now he stalks with fiery glare. Milton called?
• What is a viscous, transparent substance. See Glair called?
• What is a smooth, bright, glassy surface; as, a glare of ice. [U. S. ] called?
• What is smooth and bright or translucent; -- used almost exclusively of ice; as, skating on glare ice. [U. S.] called?