From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Glare \Glare\, a. [See {Glary}, and {Glare}, n.]
Smooth and bright or translucent; -- used almost exclusively
of ice; as, skating on glare ice. [U. S.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Glare \Glare\, v. t.
To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.
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Every eye
Glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire.
--Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Glare \Glare\, n.
1. A bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes;
a confusing and bewildering light.
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The frame of burnished steel that cast a glare.
--Dryden.
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2. A fierce, piercing look or stare.
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About them round,
A lion now he stalks with fiery glare. --Milton.
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3. A viscous, transparent substance. See {Glair}.
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4. A smooth, bright, glassy surface; as, a glare of ice. [U.
S. ]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Glare \Glare\ (gl[^a]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glared}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Glaring}.] [OE. glaren, gloren; cf. AS. gl[ae]r
amber, LG. glaren to glow or burn like coals, D. gloren to
glimmer; prob. akin to E. glass.]
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1. To shine with a bright, dazzling light.
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The cavern glares with new-admitted light. --Dryden.
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2. To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly,
angrily, or fiercely.
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And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon. --Byron.
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3. To be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be
ostentatiously splendid or gay.
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She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring.
--Pope.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glare
n 1: a light within the field of vision that is brighter than
the brightness to which the eyes are adapted; "a glare of
sunlight" [syn: {glare}, {blaze}, {brilliance}]
2: an angry stare [syn: {glare}, {glower}]
3: a focus of public attention; "he enjoyed being in the
limelight"; "when Congress investigates it brings the full
glare of publicity to the agency" [syn: {limelight},
{spotlight}, {glare}, {public eye}]
v 1: look at with a fixed gaze; "The girl glared at the man who
tried to make a pass at her" [syn: {glower}, {glare}]
2: be sharply reflected; "The moon glared back at itself from
the lake's surface"
3: shine intensely; "The sun glared down on us"
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