glair

American  

[glair] / glɛər /

Or glaire

noun

1. 

   the white of an egg.

2. a glaze or size made of egg white.

3. any viscous substance like egg white.

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verb (used with object)

1. to coat with glair.

glair British  

/ ɡlɛə /

noun

1. white of egg, esp when used as a size, glaze, or adhesive, usually in bookbinding

2. any substance resembling this

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verb

1. (tr) to apply glair to (something)

Other Word Forms

• glairiness
  noun
• glairy
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of glair

1300–50; Middle English glaire < Old French: white of an egg < Vulgar Latin *clāria; compare Latin clārus clear

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

glair

Then plenty of glair is applied and the gold quickly and truly laid on.

From Practical Bookbinding by Paul Adam

Crawling up the sides, the Snails imprisoned in my apparatus sometimes reach the top, which is closed with a glass pane, and fix themselves to it by means of a speck of glair.

From The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

The line to be gilded is clearly marked with a sharp folder, picked out with glair, and the gold, which is taken up on the roll, is printed in.

From Practical Bookbinding by Paul Adam

Then bolus is mixed with glair as a body colour, laid on sparingly, very evenly, and free from streakiness, using a thick hair brush for the purpose.

From Practical Bookbinding by Paul Adam

As it has not done so, are we then really, as many contend, the highest expression of the progress accomplished, throughout the ages, by the first atom of glair expanded into a cell?

From Bramble-Bees and Others by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

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