glair

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/ɡlɛə(ɹ)/

noun

Egg white, especially as used in various industrial preparations.

OriginMiddle English glaire ← Old French glaire ← Vulgar Latin *clāria →
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Meanings

nounglair (countable and uncountable, plural glairs)

plural glairs · alternative glaire

  1. countableuncountableEgg white, especially as used in various industrial preparations.

    If you beat an egg white until a froth forms on the surface, the clear liquid below the froth is glair.

    2021, Hana Videen, The Wordhord, Profile Books, published 2022, page 65
  2. countableuncountableAny viscous, slimy substance.

    Some rain fell during the past few days but had little effect on the river which remains very low and full of glair.

    1962, The Fishing Gazette, page 276
    1 more example

    She jacked with authority, knowing how to slick the glair over the glans with her thumb when it began to flow, how to pace a shaftlength voluptuous stroke with a whole slide from meatus to os pubis, how to work with a loving will.

    1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!
  3. countableA broadsword fixed on a pike; a kind of halberd.
verbglair (third-person singular simple present glairs, present participle glairing, simple past and past participle glaired)

present singular third person glairs · participle present glairing · participle past glaired · past glaired · alternative glaire

  1. To smear with egg-white.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
albumenegg white

Origin

  1. Latinclārus“clear”
  2. Vulgar Latin*clāria
  3. Old Frenchglaire
  4. Middle Englishglaire
  5. Englishglair

From Middle English glaire, from Old French glaire, from Vulgar Latin *clāria, a substantive use of Latin clārus (“clear”).

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Translations

Bulgarian белтък на яйце
  • белтък на яйце (beltăk na jajce)egg-white — see also albumen
Czech bílek
  • bílekegg-white — see also albumen
Finnish munanvalkuainen, lima
  • munanvalkuainenegg-white — see also albumen
  • limaany viscous, slimy substance
German Eiklar, Eiweiß
  • Eiklaregg-white — see also albumen
  • Eiweißegg-white — see also albumen
Irish gealacán
  • gealacánegg-white — see also albumen
Russian бело́к
  • бело́к (belók)egg-white — see also albumen

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with glair

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Sounds the same

glareglare

Anagrams

grailLairgargil
Cite this entry
APA

glair. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glair

MLA

“glair.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glair. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glair,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glair.

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