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glairs

glairs is the plural 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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Questions about glairs

What is glairs the plural of?
Glairs is the plural of glair.

Words near glairs in the dictionary

  1. glaires
  2. glairigenous
  3. glairin
  4. glairiness
  5. glairing
  6. glairs
  7. glairy
  8. Glais
  9. Glaisdale
  10. Glaisher
  11. Glaisnock Water

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