Glair

3 definitions found

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

  Glair \Glair\, n. [F. glaire, glaire d'?uf, the glair of an egg,
     prob. fr. L. clarus clear, bright. See {Clear}, a.]
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     1. The white of egg. It is used as a size or a glaze in
        bookbinding, for pastry, etc.
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     2. Any viscous, transparent substance, resembling the white
        of an egg.
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     3. A broadsword fixed on a pike; a kind of halberd.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Glair \Glair\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Glaired}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Glairing}.]
     To smear with the white of an egg.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  56 Moby Thesaurus words for "glair":
     albumen, batter, bonnyclabber, butter, caviar, clabber, cornstarch,
     cream, curd, dough, egg, egg white, eggshell, fish eggs, gaum, gel,
     gelatin, glop, glue, gluten, goo, gook, goop, gruel, gumbo, gunk,
     jam, jell, jelly, loblolly, molasses, mucilage, mucus, ovule, pap,
     paste, porridge, pudding, pulp, puree, putty, rob, roe, semifluid,
     semiliquid, size, soup, spawn, starch, sticky mess, syrup, treacle,
     vitellus, white, yellow, yolk