glair, glaire, glayre, glayer, glarye, gleyre

[Fr. glaire (for claire ), from Latin clarus = bright, clear; Sp. & Port. clara: Ital. chiarea; Low Lat. glare a =gravel.] 1. The white of an egg, used as a size in gilding, or as a varnish to preserve paintings. 2. Any viscous, transparent substance resembling the white of an egg. *3. Any bright, shining substance. gläir, v. t. [GLAIR, 8.] To smear or overlay with the white of an egg; to varnish. gläire, s. [GLAIR, 8.] *gläire -ous, *gläirous, a. [ Fr.glaireux , from glaire glair.] Resembling or of the nature of glair or the white of an egg; viscous and transparent. gland II. Min.: A term used either as the first or as the second word of various compounds. It implies that the minerals thus characterized have a splendent metallic luster. For the difference between glance and glimpse , see GLIMPSE; for that between glance and look , see Look. glance-coal, s. Min.: The same as ANTHRACITE (q. v.). glance-copper, s. Min.: The same as CHALCOCITE. (q. v.). glançe, v. i. & t. [GLANCE, 8.] A. Intransitive : 1. To shoot or dart a sudden flash of brightne or splendor; to flash. "Now flashing wide, now glancing as in play, Swift beyond thought the lightnings dart away." Cowper: Truth, 242. 2. To move rapidly about, so as to cause flashes of colors; to dart about; to appear and disappear quickly. "The mute fish that glances in the stream." Words worth: Excursion, bk. ii. 3. To move or fly off in an oblique direction; to be turned aside during motion. "The damned arrow glanced aside." Tennyson: Oriana, 41. *4. To be turned aside, so as to mi that which is aimed at. "The jest did glance away from me." Shakesp.: Taming of the Shrew, v. 2. 5. To look with a sudden and rapid cast of the