Blearing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Blear \Blear\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bleared}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Blearing}.] [OE. bleren; cf. Dan. plire to blink, Sw. plira
     to twinkle, wink, LG. plieren; perh. from the same root as E.
     blink. See {Blink}, and cf. {Blur}.]
     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.
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           That tickling rheums
           Should ever tease the lungs and blear the sight.
                                                    --Cowper.
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     {To blear the eye of}, to deceive; to impose upon. [Obs.]
        --Chaucer.
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