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  1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Glare \Glare\, a. [See Glary, and Glare, n.] Smooth and bright or translucent; -- used almost exclusively of ice; as, skating on glare ice. [U. S.] [1913 Webster]

  2.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Glare \Glare\, v. t. To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light. [1913 Webster]

    Every eye Glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

  3.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Glare \Glare\, n. 1. A bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes; a confusing and bewildering light. [1913 Webster]

    The frame of burnished steel that cast a glare. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

    2. A fierce, piercing look or stare. [1913 Webster]

    About them round, A lion now he stalks with fiery glare. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

    3. A viscous, transparent substance. See Glair. [1913 Webster]

    4. A smooth, bright, glassy surface; as, a glare of ice. [U. S. ] [1913 Webster]

  4.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    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.] [1913 Webster] 1. To shine with a bright, dazzling light. [1913 Webster]

    The cavern glares with new-admitted light. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

    2. To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly, angrily, or fiercely. [1913 Webster]

    And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon. --Byron. [1913 Webster]

    3. To be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be ostentatiously splendid or gay. [1913 Webster]

    She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring. --Pope. [1913 Webster]