▪ I. blearing, vbl. n.1
(ˈblɪərɪŋ)
[f. blear v.1]
1. The condition of being bleared, blearedness.
| 1542 Udall Erasm. Apoph. 59 a, Lippitudo Atticae, that is, the bleryng of Attica. |
2. The action of making blear; fig. deception.
| c 1386 Chaucer Reeve's T. 11 Ful wel coude I the quyte With bleryng of a prowd mylleres ye. c 1400 Destr. 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.
| 1705 Berkeley 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.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 39 Blerynge or mowynge wythe the mowthe, valgia. |