单词 | glair |
释义 | glairn.1 1. The white of an egg; frequently in full the glair of an egg, of eggs. Also, a technical term for preparations made from the whites of eggs and used in various trade-processes, esp. book-binding (see quot. 1893). ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > reproductive substances or cells > [noun] > ovum or ootid > white or albumen > preparation made from the glair of an egg, of eggsc1386 c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. & Tale 253 Vnslekked lym Chalk and gleyre of an ey. c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 1025 Þe wal of Iasper þat glent as glayre. 1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes i. xx. 36 b They have strictories to make their skin to shine Wrought subtilly of gommes and of glaire. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 198/2 Gleyre of eyryne, or oþer lyke (K. gleyere, H. gleyȝyre, P. gleyȝyer' of eyr'), glarea. c1485 Early Eng. Misc. (Warton Club) 72 Grynde vermelone one a stone with newe glayre, and put a lytylle of the ȝolke of an ay thereto, and so write therewith. 1573 Treat. Arte of Limming 3 To make glaire take the whyte of newe laide egges [etc.]. 1634 H. Peacham Gentlemans Exercise (new ed.) i. xxi. 67 Gumme lake is made with the glaire of egs, strained often and very short. 1761 Brit. Mag. 2 45 Instead of the glair of eggs, gum-water is frequently used. 1811 J. Parkins Young Man's Best Compan. 560 To make the glare of eggs. 1883 St. James's Gaz. 30 Nov. 5/1 The yelk is compounded with phosphorus, the glair with albumen, and the shell is made with lime. 1893 Q. Rev. July 185 The ‘glaire’ or adhesive substance with which those portions of the cover are to be coated which are intended for gold ornamentation. 2. transferred. Any similar viscid or slimy substance. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > viscosity > [noun] > viscous substance paste1390 gummosityc1400 gleimc1440 glaira1529 viscosity1540 plaster1588 emplastic1597 batter1601 starcha1627 mucilage1639 viscus1643 grume1718 syrup1838 sticky1851 goo1903 gloop1927 goop1930 glop1945 ick1947 gunge1969 a1529 J. Skelton Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng in Certayne Bks. (?1545) 25 Her lewde lyppes twayne They slauer, men sayne, Lyke a ropy rayne, A gummy glayre. 1574 J. Higgins 1st Pt. Mirour for Magistrates Morindus xv Rammishe stenche, bloud, poyson, slymy glere That in his body, so aboundaunt were. 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 51 Any glutinous Liquor, as..Oyl of Turpentine, Glare of Snails, &c. 1790 W. Fordyce A Let. conc. Muriatic Acid 11 I found the tongue black and dry, with a black glare on the teeth. 1860 P. H. Gosse Romance Nat. Hist. 160 The mass, which seems a mere drop of thin glaire, almost or quite homogeneous [etc.]. 1865 T. R. Jones in Intellectual Observer Mar. 122 The transparent glair produced from decomposing vegetables. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † glairn.2 Obsolete. rare. Gravel. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > stony material > [noun] > gravel or shingle > gravel gravel?a1366 glair1481 preble1541 rab1581 grail1590 channel1592 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. xxi. 111 By Acres the Cyte is founden a maner of sande and there is founden also of the glayre of the see whiche ben medled to gydre, And of thyse two myxtyons is made good glasse and clere. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021). glairv. transitive. To smear with glair; †also gen. to paint, daub. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > decorating and painting > decorate [verb (transitive)] > paint paintc1275 englose1430 glair1563 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > qualities or styles of painting > [verb (transitive)] > paint badly or carelessly glair1563 daub1630 society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > bind [verb (transitive)] > other processes to knock up1660 glair1755 board1813 lace1818 crop1824 beback1858 plough1873 cord1876 to throw out1880 guillotine1896 pull1901 reback1901 super1914 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 786/2 Leude wrightes, of stocks hew & forme such crosses and Images, and after that, leude painters gleir them with colours. 1598 J. Marston Certaine Satyres in Metamorph. Pigmalions Image 52 His clothes perfum'd, his fustie mouth is ayred, His chinne new swept, his very cheekes are glared [printed glazed; but note the rhyme]. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. To Glaire, to smear with the white of an egg. This word is still used by the book-binders. 1885 C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts 4th Ser. 245 The edge [of the book] is now glaired evenly, and the gold..is then gently laid on the edge which has been glaired. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1c1386n.21481v.1563 |
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