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<hw>Glans</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Glandes</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. See <er>Gland</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The vascular body which forms the apex of the penis, and the extremity of the clitoris.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The acorn or mast of the oak and similar fruits.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Goiter.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A pessary.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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<hw>Glare</hw> <tt>(gl&acir;r)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Glared</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Glaring</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>glaren</ets>, <ets>gloren</ets>; cf. AS. <ets>gl\'91r</ets> amber, LG. <ets>glaren</ets> to glow or burn like coals, D. <ets>gloren</ets> to glimmer; prob. akin to E. <ets>glass</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To shine with a bright, dazzling light.</def>

<blockquote>The cavern glares with new-admitted light. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly, angrily, or fiercely.</def>

<blockquote>And eye that scorcheth all it <b>glares</b> upon. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be ostentatiously splendid or gay.</def>

<blockquote>She <b>glares</b> in balls, front boxes, and the ring. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Glare</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.</def>

<blockquote>Every eye <b>Glared</b> lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Glare</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes; a confusing and bewildering light.</def>

<blockquote>The frame of burnished steel that cast a <b>glare</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A fierce, piercing look or stare.</def>

<blockquote>About them round, A lion now he stalks with fiery <b>glare</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A viscous, transparent substance. See <er>Glair</er>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A smooth, bright, glassy surface; <as>as, a <ex>glare</ex> of ice</as>.</def> <mark>[U. S. ]</mark>

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<hw>Glare</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Glary</er>, and <er>Glare</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>Smooth and bright or translucent; -- used almost exclusively of ice; <as>as, skating on <ex>glare</ex> ice</as>.</def> <mark>[U. S.]</mark><-- used generally of reflections of the sun -->

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<hw>Glar"e*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>glaireux</ets>. See <er>Glair</er>.]</ety> <def>Glairy.</def>