glar

a. [ See Glary, and Glare, n. ] Smooth and bright or translucent; -- used almost exclusively of ice; as, skating on glare ice. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To shine with a bright, dazzling light. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cavern glares with new-admitted light. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly, angrily, or fiercely. [ 1913 Webster ]

And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be ostentatiously splendid or gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every eye
Glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A natural family of Old World shorebirds: pratincoles and coursers.
Syn. -- family Glareolidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Cf. F. glaireux. See Glair. ] Glairy. John Gregory (1766).

a. Clear; notorious; open and bold; barefaced; as, a glaring crime. -- Glar"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

{ } n. A dazzling luster or brilliancy. [ 1913 Webster ]