Glare — Defs

01 v. i. To shine with a bright, dazzling light.

imp. & p. p. Glared; p. pr. & vb. n. Glaring

1.
To shine with a bright, dazzling light.
“The cavern glares with new-admitted light.” — Dryden.
2.
To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly, angrily, or fiercely.
“And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon.” — Byron.
3.
To be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be ostentatiously splendid or gay.
“She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring.” — Pope.

02 v. t. To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.

1.
To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.
“Every eye Glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire.” — Milton.

03 n. A bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes; a confusing and bewildering light.

1.
A bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes; a confusing and bewildering light.
“The frame of burnished steel that cast a glare.” — Dryden.
2.
A fierce, piercing look or stare.
“About them round, A lion now he stalks with fiery glare.” — Milton.
3.
A viscous, transparent substance. See Glair. See: Glair
4.
A smooth, bright, glassy surface; as, a glare of ice.[U. S.]

04 a. Smooth and bright or translucent; -- used almost exclusively of ice; as, skating on glare ice.

1.
Smooth and bright or translucent; -- used almost exclusively of ice; as, skating on glare ice.[U. S.]