Glare (glâr), v. i. [imp.
& p. p. Glared (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Glaring.] [OE. glaren, gloren; cf.
AS. glær amber, LG. glaren to glow or burn like
coals, D. gloren to glimmer; prob. akin to E.
glass.]
1. To shine with a bright, dazzling
light.
The cavern glares with new-admitted
light.
Dryden.
2. To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to
stare earnestly, angrily, or fiercely.
And eye that scorcheth all it glares
upon.
Byron.
3. To be bright and intense, as certain
colors; to be ostentatiously splendid or gay.
She glares in balls, front boxes, and the
ring.
Pope.Glare, a. [See Glary, and
Glare, n.] Smooth and bright or
translucent; -- used almost exclusively of ice; as, skating on
glare ice. [U. S.]
Glare, n. 1. A
bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes; a confusing
and bewildering light.
The frame of burnished steel that cast a
glare.
Dryden.
2. A fierce, piercing look or
stare.
About them round,
A lion now he stalks with fiery glare.
Milton.
3. A viscous, transparent substance. See
Glair.
4. A smooth, bright, glassy surface; as, a
glare of ice. [U. S. ]
Glare, v. t. To shoot out, or
emit, as a dazzling light.
Every eye
Glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire.
Milton.