Showing posts with label glare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label glare. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

glare, glair

Glare or glare means harsh bright light, direct or reflected--
The glare on a bright day can make driving difficult. Be careful.
The glare from the snow on a bright day can be hard on the eyes.

Glare also means an angry stare--
He is afraid she will glare at him in silence when he gets home.
Why did you mention that? Didn't you see him glare at you?

Glair or glair ( rhymes with glare ) means the white of an egg--
You will need to separate the glair from the yolk.
If you coat that with glair, the paint won't show through.
Glair may also mean a paste made with egg white, or to coat something with egg white--
You can treat that canvas with a glair paste.
If you glair the canvas first, the paint will adhere better.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"He coated this with two coats of glair, but you can still see a glare when a bright light shines on it."