Blear
Blear
a.
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Dim or sore with water or rheum; -- said of the eyes.
His blear eyes ran in gutters to his chin.
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Causing or caused by dimness of sight; dim.
Power to cheat the eye with blear illusion.
Blear
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Bleared; p. pr. & vb. n. Blearing
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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.
Phrases & Compounds
- To blear the eye of
- to deceive; to impose upon.