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
Glare, a. Etym: [See Glary, and Glare, n.]
Defn: Smooth and bright or translucent; — used almost exclusively of ice; as, skating on glare ice. [U. S.]
GLAREOUS
Glar"e*ous, a. Etym: [Cf. F. glaireux. See Glair.]
Defn: Glairy. John Georgy (1766).
GLARINESS; GLARINGNESS
Glar"i*ness, Glar"ing*ness, n.
Defn: A dazzling luster or brilliancy.