Hypertext Webster Gateway: "blear"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Blear \Blear\, a. [See {Blear}, v.]
1. Dim or sore with water or rheum; -- said of the eyes.
His blear eyes ran in gutters to his chin. --Dryden.
2. Causing or caused by dimness of sight; dim.
Power to cheat the eye with blear illusion.
--Milton.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
blear
adj : tired to the point of exhaustion [syn: {bleary}, {bleary-eyed},
{blear-eyed}]
v : make dim or indistinct; "The drug blurs my vision" [syn: {blur}]
[ant: {focus}]
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