glair

noun /ɡlɛə(ɹ)/

1. Egg white, especially as used in various industrial preparations.

   countable, uncountable

   If you beat an egg white until a froth forms on the surface, the clear liquid below the froth is glair.

2. Any viscous, slimy substance.

   countable, uncountable

   Some rain fell during the past few days but had little effect on the river which remains very low and full of glair.

3. A broadsword fixed on a pike; a kind of halberd.

   countable

Where it comes from

From Middle English glaire, from Old French glaire, from Vulgar Latin *clāria, a substantive use of Latin clārus (“clear”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry glair (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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