glair

English

Alternative forms

• glaire

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡlɛə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
• Homophone: glare

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.

3. A broadsword fixed on a pike; a kind of halberd.

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