Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Blearing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Blear \Blear\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bleared}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Blearing}.] [OE. bleren; cf. Dan. plire to blink, Sw. plira
to twinkle, wink, LG. plieren; perh. from the same root as E.
blink. See {Blink}, and cf. {Blur}.]
To make somewhat sore or watery, as the eyes; to dim, or
blur, as the sight. Figuratively: To obscure (mental or moral
perception); to blind; to hoodwink.
That tickling rheums Should ever tease the lungs and
blear the sight. --Cowper.
{To blear the eye of}, to deceive; to impose upon. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
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