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bleared, ppl. a. (blɪəd) Forms: 4 bleried, 4–5 blerid, 4–6 blered, 5 bleryd, bleryed, (Sc.) bleirit, 6 blerde, bleered, 6–7 bleard, 8 (Sc.) bleerit, 6– bleared. [f. blear v.1 + -ed.] 1. Of the eyes: Dimmed with tears, morbid matter, or inflammation. Also fig.; see blear v.1 3.c 1340 Gaw. & Gr. Knt. ...
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The Dreadful Lemon Sky
The bleared sun made harsh studio lighting on the parking lot scene.
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mummified
mummified, a. (ˈmʌmɪfaɪd) [f. mummify v. + -ed1.] 1. In senses of the verb.1859 Kingsley Misc. (1860) II. 295 An old dry weather-bleared, mummified chrysalis of a man. 1863 Reade Hard Cash III. 315 Creeping awestruck round that mummified figure seated dead on his pool of sovereigns. 1883 [see mummif...
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The Keener's Manual
Some angry angel,
Bleared by Bach and too inbred,
Climbed out of bed,
Pulled on a sock,
And, glancing downward,
Threw a rock
Which struck an earthbound
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blear
▪ I. blear, a. (blɪə(r)) Forms: 5–6 blere, 6–7 bleare, 7 bleer(e, 7– blear. [ME. blere, an epithet of the eyes: this and the cognate verb are of uncertain origin. There are no corresponding words in OE., and the only cognates in other Teutonic langs. are the mod.G. blerr soreness of the eyes, LG. bl...
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blearedness
blearedness (ˈblɪədnɪs) [f. prec. + -ness.] 1. Bleared condition.1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. clxxxv. (1495) 726 The dronklew mannes..eyen ben full of whelkes and pymples and of bleryednesse. c 1475 Found. St. Barthol. Hosp. ii. i. (1886) 81 This man putte a syde bleriednes of yen. 1563 T. Gale...
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Theodore Allen (saloon keeper)
resort included a dance hall and concert saloon, in the basement and first floor respectively, which housed "all classes of the demi-monde from the sun-bleared
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blearing
▪ 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 pr...
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The Convergence of the Twain
By juxtaposing expensive items like the "jewels in joy designed" with their sea-bed position where they "lie lightless, all their sparkles bleared and
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blazed
▪ I. blazed, ppl. a.1 rare. [f. blaze v.1] Set in flames; fig. inflamed.1631 R. H. Arraignm. Whole Creat. xi. §i. 97 Or Orall and Vocall [Organs], bleared and blazed from the Hell-inflamed tongue.▪ II. blazed, ppl. a.2 [f. blaze v.2] Published, made famous.1590 Spenser Muiopotmos 266 Her blazed fame...
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Manchester Liners
, at the audacity of the attempt" and that "the canal pilots, on reaching Irlam, looked as if they had not been in bed for a week, as their eyes were bleared
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goundy
† ˈgoundy, a. Obs. Also 3–4 gundy, 6 gowndy, 7 dial. gunny. [f. prec. + -y.] Of the eyes: Full of ‘gound’ or matter, bleared. Also fig.c 1325 Gundy [see gound]. 13.. MS. Med. Linc. lf. 283 (Halliw.) For blered eghne and gundy. c 1410 Lydg. Life Our Lady xxi. (? 1484) d iv b, The goundy sight Of here...
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strengthless
strengthless, a. (ˈstrɛŋθlɪs) [f. strength n. + -less.] Destitute of strength.c 1200 Ormin 12530 Þe deofell wennde aweȝȝ anan For⁓shamedd off himm sellfenn, Off þatt he wass all strenncþelæs Onnȝæn þatt newe kemmpe. 1311 Pol. Songs (1839) 255 That lond is streintheles. 1548 Udall etc. Erasm. Par. Jo...
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reeky
reeky, a. (ˈriːkɪ) Forms: 5, 6 Sc. reky, 6 Sc. reikie, 6–9 Sc. reekie, 7 reaky, 7– reeky. [f. reek n.1 + -y1. See also reechy.] 1. a. That emits vapour; steamy; full of rank moisture.c 1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 79 Waters þat spryngyn yn stony lond and ys reky Abundandly, er heuy & noyan...
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purblindness
ˈpurblindness [f. purblind a. + -ness.] The quality of being purblind (lit. and fig.).1552 Huloet, Purblindnes, Luscio. 1577 B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. (1586) 903 [They] cure the dulnesse or purblindnesse of their eyes with the powder of wilde Marjoram. 1657 Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 22 A thin plate o...
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