*glar*

n. A burglar. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to burglary; constituting the crime of burglary. [ 1913 Webster ]

To come down a chimney is held a burglarious entry. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With an intent to commit burglary; in the manner of a burglar. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. secure against burglary.
Syn. -- burglar-proof. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Burglaries [ Fr. Burglar; cf. LL. burglaria. ] (Law) Breaking and entering the dwelling house of another, in the nighttime, with intent to commit a felony therein, whether the felonious purpose be accomplished or not. Wharton. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ By statute law in some of the United States, burglary includes the breaking with felonious intent into a house by day as well as by night, and into other buildings than dwelling houses. Various degrees of the crime are established. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Glared p. pr. & vb. n. Glaring. ] [ OE. glaren, gloren; cf. AS. glær amber, LG. glaren to glow or burn like coals, D. gloren to glimmer; prob. akin to E. glass. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To shine with a bright, dazzling light. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cavern glares with new-admitted light. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly, angrily, or fiercely. [ 1913 Webster ]

And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be ostentatiously splendid or gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every eye
Glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes; a confusing and bewildering light. [ 1913 Webster ]

The frame of burnished steel that cast a glare. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A fierce, piercing look or stare. [ 1913 Webster ]

About them round,
A lion now he stalks with fiery glare. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A viscous, transparent substance. See Glair. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A smooth, bright, glassy surface; as, a glare of ice. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Glary, and Glare, n. ] Smooth and bright or translucent; -- used almost exclusively of ice; as, skating on glare ice. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A natural family of Old World shorebirds: pratincoles and coursers.
Syn. -- family Glareolidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Cf. F. glaireux. See Glair. ] Glairy. John Gregory (1766).

a. Clear; notorious; open and bold; barefaced; as, a glaring crime. -- Glar"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

{ } n. A dazzling luster or brilliancy. [ 1913 Webster ]