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Source: gcide
Glaring \Glar"ing\, a.
Clear; notorious; open and bold; barefaced; as, a glaring
crime. -- {Glaring*ly}, adv.

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Source: gcide
Glare \Glare\ (gl[^a]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glared}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Glaring}.]
[OE. glaren, gloren; cf. AS. gl[ae]r
amber, LG. glaren to glow or burn like coals, D. gloren to
glimmer; prob. akin to E. glass.]

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1. To shine with a bright, dazzling light.

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The cavern glares with new-admitted light. --Dryden.

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2. To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly,
angrily, or fiercely.

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And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon. --Byron.

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3. To be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be
ostentatiously splendid or gay.

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She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring.
--Pope.

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