Definition of Glaire

1. n. See Glair.

Definition of Glaire

1. to glair [v GLAIRED, GLAIRING, GLAIRES] - See also: glair

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glaire

gladsomely
gladsomeness
gladsomenesses
gladsomer
gladsomest
gladstones
gladwyn
glady
glafenine
glaik
glaiket
glaikit
glaiks
glaiky
glair
glaire (current term)
glaired
glaireous
glaires
glairier
glairiest
glairigenous
glairin
glairing
glairins
glairs
glairy
glairy mucus
glaive
glaived

Literary usage of Glaire

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1906)
"It may be that the secreted glaire passes from the latter state into the former. The glaire itself resembles the stalks in being a clear matrix full of ..."

2. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"... three times with white of egg, which must be carefully laid on with a soft sponge, each coat of glaire being allowed to dry before the next is laid on. ..."

3. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge by ed Andrew Findlater, John Merry Ross (1868)
"... and dried by exposure to the air, becomes watertight. coagulates (as the glaire of egg does), owing to the presence of albumen, and exposed to the air, ..."

4. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"glaire, Jean Baptist«, a French theologian and orientalist, born in Bordeaux, April 1, 1798. He completed his theological studies at St. Sulpice seminary, ..."

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