Dictionary entry

Glare (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Glare, n. 1. A bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes; a confusing and bewildering light.

The frame of burnished steel that cast a glare. Dryden.

2. A fierce, piercing look or stare.

About them round,

A lion now he stalks with fiery glare. Milton.

3. A viscous, transparent substance. See Glair.

4. A smooth, bright, glassy surface; as, a glare of ice.