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Glare (glâr), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glared (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Glaring.] [OE. glaren, gloren; cf. AS. glær amber, LG. glaren to glow or burn like coals, D. gloren to glimmer; prob. akin to E. glass.]
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1. To shine with a bright, dazzling light.
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The cavern glares with new-admitted light.
Dryden.
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2. To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly, angrily, or fiercely.
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And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon.
Byron.
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3. To be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be ostentatiously splendid or gay.
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She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring.
Pope.
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Glare, n. 1. A bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes; a confusing and bewildering light.
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The frame of burnished steel that cast a glare.
Dryden.
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2. A fierce, piercing look or stare.
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About them round,
A lion now he stalks with fiery glare.
Milton.
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3. A viscous, transparent substance. See Glair.
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4. A smooth, bright, glassy surface; as, a glare of ice. [U. S. ]
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