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Glair   Listen
noun
Glair  n.  
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.


verb
Glair  v. t.  (past & past part. glaired; pres. part. glairing)  To smear with the white of an egg.





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"Glair" Quotes from Famous Books



... and lunary,** *agrimony **moon-wort And other such, if that me list to tarry; Our lampes burning bothe night and day, To bring about our craft if that we may; Our furnace eke of calcination, And of waters albification, Unslaked lime, chalk, and *glair of an ey,* *egg-white Powders diverse, ashes, dung, piss, and clay, Seared pokettes, saltpetre, and vitriol; And divers fires made of wood and coal; Sal-tartar, alkali, salt preparate, And combust ...
— The Canterbury Tales and Other Poems • Geoffrey Chaucer


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