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Meaning of GLAIR

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Glair\, n. [F. glaire, glaire d'?uf, the glair of an egg,
    prob. fr. L. clarus clear, bright. See {Clear}, a.]
    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.
    
  2. \Glair\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Glaired}; p. pr. & vb. n.
    {Glairing}.]
    To smear with the white of an egg.
    
 
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