See Also: glair(dictionary)

glair (iou)



glair noun & verb. As noun also (earlier) glaire. ME.
[Old & mod. French glaire from medieval Latin glarea from var. of medieval Latin use as noun of Latin clarus clear.]
A. noun.
The white of an egg, esp. as used in various preparations; spec. in Bookbinding, an adhesive made from this applied before blocking or tooling in gold leaf. ME.
Any slimy viscous substance resembling egg-white. E16.
b. verb trans. Orig., paint, daub. Later, smear with glair. M16.
glaireous adjective of the nature of glair; slimy, viscous: M17.
glairy adjective (freq. in Medicine) = glaireous M17.