-- Bleak"ish, a. -- Bleak"ly, adv. -- Bleak"ness, n.
Bleak, n. [From Bleak, a., cf. Blay.] (Zoöl.) A small European river fish (Leuciscus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidæ; the blay. [Written also blick.]
The silvery pigment lining the scales of the bleak is used in the manufacture of artificial pearls. Baird.
Bleak"y (&?;), a. Bleak. [Obs.] Dryden.
Blear (&?;), a. [See Blear, v.] 1. Dim or sore with water or rheum; -- said of the eyes.
His blear eyes ran in gutters to his chin.
Dryden.