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Glair [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The white of an egg. It is used as a varnish for preserving paintings.

2. Any viscous transparent substance, resembling the white of an egg.

3. A kind of halbert.

Glair [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To smear with the white of an egg; to varnish.

Glair [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The white of egg. It is used as a size or a glaze in bookbinding, for pastry, etc.

2. Any viscous, transparent substance, resembling the white of an egg.

3. A broadsword fixed on a pike; a kind of halberd.

Glair [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To smear with the white of an egg.

Glaire [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Glaired [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Glaireous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Glairy; covered with glair.

Glairin [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A glairy viscous substance, which forms on the surface of certain mineral waters, or covers the sides of their inclosures; -- called also baregin.

Glairing [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Glairy [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Like glair, or partaking of its qualities.

Glairy [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Like glair, or partaking of its qualities; covered with glair; viscous and transparent; slimy.