Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Egg white, especially as used in various industrial preparations. · Any viscous, slimy substance. · A broadsword fixed on a pike; a kind of halberd.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo smear with egg-white.
From Middle English glaire, from Old French glaire, from Vulgar Latin *clāria, a substantive use of Latin clārus (“clear”).
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