Dictionary

glair en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɡlɛə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From Middle English glaire, from Old French glaire, from Vulgar Latin *clāria, a substantive use of Latin clārus (“clear”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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. (countable, uncountable) Any viscous, slimy substance.
   • She jacked with authority, knowing how to slick the glair over the glans with her thumb when it began to flow, how to pace a shaftlength voluptuous stroke with a whole slide from meatus to os pubis, how to work with a loving will. 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:
   • 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.

Forms

Deriveds

glairigenous · glaireous · glairy · glairin

Translations (9)

ru бело́к (egg-white — see also albumen) · cs bílek (egg-white — see also albumen) · fi munanvalkuainen (egg-white — see also albumen) · ga gealacán (egg-white — see also albumen) · de Eiweiß (egg-white — see also albumen) · io albumeno (egg-white — see also albumen) · de Eiklar (egg-white — see also albumen) · fi lima (any viscous, slimy substance) · bg белтък на яйце (egg-white — see also albumen)

glair en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ɡlɛə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From Middle English glaire, from Old French glaire, from Vulgar Latin *clāria, a substantive use of Latin clārus (“clear”).

Meanings

1. To smear with egg-white.

Forms