Blear

Definition of Blear

a.1.Dim or sore with water or rheum; - said of the eyes.
His blear eyes ran in gutters to his chin.
- Dryden.
2.Causing or caused by dimness of sight; dim.
Power to cheat the eye with blear illusion.
- Milton.
v. t.1.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.
[imp. & p. p. Bleared ( ); p. pr. & vb. n. Blearing.]
To blear the eye of
to deceive; to impose upon.
- Chaucer.

Related Words

blear-eyed, bleary, bleary-eyed, tired
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