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Blear definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BLEAR, a. Sore, with a watery rheum; applied only to the eyes; as the blear-eyed owl.
BLEAR, v.t. To make sore; to affect with soreness of eyes,or a watery humor; to make dim or partially obscure the sight.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: tired to the point of exhaustion [syn: bleary, blear, bleary-eyed, blear-eyed] v
1: make dim or indistinct; "The fog blurs my vision" [syn: blur, blear] [ant: focalise, focalize, focus, sharpen]

Merriam Webster's

I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English bleren, probably from Old English *blerian; akin to Low German bleer-oged bleary-eyed Date: 14th century 1. to make (the eyes) sore or watery 2. dim, blur II. adjective Date: 14th century 1. dim with water or tears 2. obscure to the view or imagination

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & v. archaic --adj. 1 (of the eyes or the mind) dim, dull, filmy. 2 indistinct. --v.tr. make dim or obscure; blur. Etymology: ME, of uncert. orig.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Blear Blear, a. [See Blear, v.] 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. That tickling rheums Should ever tease the lungs and blear the sight. --Cowper. To blear the eye of, to deceive; to impose upon. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Dim, make rheumy, make watery.