glair

English

Etymology

From Old French glaire, from Vulgar Latin *clāria, a substantive use of Latin clārus (“clear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡlɛː/
• Rhymes: -ɛə(r)

Noun

glair (plural glairs)

1. egg-white, especially as used in various industrial preparations
2. any viscous, slimy substance
   • 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:

     She jacked with authority, knowing how to slick the glair over the glans with her thumb when it began to flow, how to pace a shaftlength voluptuous stroke with a whole slide from meatus to os pubis, how to work with a loving will.

Verb

glair (third-person singular simple present glairs, present participle glairing, simple past and past participle glaired)

1. To smear with egg-white.

Anagrams

• argil
• grail