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▪ I. blearing, vbl. n.1|ˈblɪərɪŋ|
[f. blear v.1]
1. The condition of being bleared, blearedness.
1542Udall Erasm. Apoph. 59 a, Lippitudo Atticae, that is, the bleryng of Attica.
2. The action of making blear; fig. deception.
c1386Chaucer Reeve's T. 11 Ful wel coude I the quyte With bleryng of a prowd mylleres ye. c1400Destr. Troy 9134 The teris þat trickilt on her tryet chekes..blaknet with bleryng all hir ble qwite.
3. transf. The guttering of a candle; as resembling the rheum which blears the eyes.
1705Berkeley in Fraser Life (1871) 509, I know not what more fitly to compare it to than to the blearings of a candle.
▪ II. † blearing, vbl. n.2 Obs.
[f. blear v.2 + -ing1.]
The protruding of the tongue or making of mouths in mockery.
c1440Promp. Parv. 39 Blerynge or mowynge wythe the mowthe, valgia. |