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Bleared
(gcide) | Blear \Blear\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bleared; p. pr. & vb. n.
Blearing.] [OE. bleren; cf. Dan. plire to blink, Sw. plira
to twinkle, wink, LG. plieren; perh. from the same root as E.
blink. See Blink, and cf. Blur.]
To make somewhat sore or watery, as the eyes; to dim, or
blur, as the sight. Figuratively: To obscure (mental or moral
perception); to blind; to hoodwink.
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That tickling rheums
Should ever tease the lungs and blear the sight.
--Cowper.
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To blear the eye of, to deceive; to impose upon. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
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Bleared
(gcide) | Bleared \Bleared\, a.
Dimmed, as by a watery humor; affected with rheum. --
Blear"ed*ness, n.
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Dardanian wives,
With bleared visages, come forth to view
The issue of the exploit. --Shak.
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Blearedness
(gcide) | Bleared \Bleared\, a.
Dimmed, as by a watery humor; affected with rheum. --
Blear"ed*ness, n.
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Dardanian wives,
With bleared visages, come forth to view
The issue of the exploit. --Shak.
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