blearingn.1
/ˈblɪərɪŋ/ 1. The condition of being bleared, blearedness.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > [noun] > bleariness
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blear-eyednessc1440
blearing1542
blearness1543
blear1603
lippitude1626
blearedness1678
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 59 Lippitudo Atticae, that is, the bleryng of Attica.
2. The action of making blear; figurative deception.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun]
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dice-play1633
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renardism1661
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joukery-pawkery1686
jugglery1699
take-in1772
tripotage1779
trickery1801
ruse1807
dupery1816
nailing1819
pawkery1820
hanky-panky1841
hokey-pokey1847
suck-in1856
phenakisma1863
skulduggery1867
sharp practice1869
dodginess1871
jiggery-pokery1893
flim-flammery1898
runaround1915
hanky1924
to give the go-around1925
Scandiknavery1927
the twist1933
hype1955
mamaguy1971
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [noun] > indistinctness > action of becoming or making > of countenance
blearingc1405
c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 11 Ful wel koude I thee quyte With bleryng of a proud Millerys Iye.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 9134 The teris þat trickilt on her tryet chekes..blaknet with bleryng all hir ble qwite.
3. transferred. The guttering of a candle; as resembling the rheum which blears the eyes.
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the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > guttering
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1705 G. Berkeley in A. C. Fraser Life & Lett. G. Berkeley (1871) 509 I know not what more fitly to compare it to than to the blearings of a candle.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
† blearingn.2
Obsolete.
The protruding of the tongue or making of mouths in mockery.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [noun] > making derisive gesture
blearingc1440
nose-thumbing1930
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 39 Blerynge or mowynge wythe the mowthe, valgia.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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