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glaire

glaire is the alternative form of glair.

Meaning of glair

Noun

glair (countable and uncountable, plural glairs)

  1. Egg white, especially as used in various industrial preparations.
    • If you beat an egg white until a froth forms on the surface, the clear liquid below the froth is glair.2021, Hana Videen, The Wordhord, Profile Books, published 2022, page 65
  2. Any viscous, slimy substance.
    • Some rain fell during the past few days but had little effect on the river which remains very low and full of glair.1962, The Fishing Gazette, page 276
  3. (countable) A broadsword fixed on a pike; a kind of halberd.

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Forms of glaire

pluralglaires

Questions about glaire

What is glaire the alternative form of?
Glaire is the alternative form of glair.

Words near glaire in the dictionary

  1. glaikit
  2. glaiks
  3. glaiky
  4. Glainnoux
  5. glair
  6. glaire
  7. glaired
  8. glaireous
  9. glaires
  10. glairigenous
  11. glairin

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