| 单词 | the glair of an egg, of eggs |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe glair of an egg, of eggs 1. The white of an egg; frequently in full the glair of an egg, of eggs. Also, a technical term for preparations made from the whites of eggs and used in various trade-processes, esp. book-binding (see quot. 1893). ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > reproductive substances or cells > [noun] > ovum or ootid > white or albumen > preparation made from the glair of an egg, of eggsc1386 c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. & Tale 253 Vnslekked lym Chalk and gleyre of an ey. c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 1025 Þe wal of Iasper þat glent as glayre. 1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes i. xx. 36 b They have strictories to make their skin to shine Wrought subtilly of gommes and of glaire. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 198/2 Gleyre of eyryne, or oþer lyke (K. gleyere, H. gleyȝyre, P. gleyȝyer' of eyr'), glarea. c1485 Early Eng. Misc. (Warton Club) 72 Grynde vermelone one a stone with newe glayre, and put a lytylle of the ȝolke of an ay thereto, and so write therewith. 1573 Treat. Arte of Limming 3 To make glaire take the whyte of newe laide egges [etc.]. 1634 H. Peacham Gentlemans Exercise (new ed.) i. xxi. 67 Gumme lake is made with the glaire of egs, strained often and very short. 1761 Brit. Mag. 2 45 Instead of the glair of eggs, gum-water is frequently used. 1811 J. Parkins Young Man's Best Compan. 560 To make the glare of eggs. 1883 St. James's Gaz. 30 Nov. 5/1 The yelk is compounded with phosphorus, the glair with albumen, and the shell is made with lime. 1893 Q. Rev. July 185 The ‘glaire’ or adhesive substance with which those portions of the cover are to be coated which are intended for gold ornamentation. < as lemmas |
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