Power to cheat the eye with blear illusion.
Milton.
Blear, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bleared (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Blearing.] [OE. bleren; cf. Dan. plire to blink, Sw. plira to twinkle, wink, LG. plieren; perh. from the same root as E. blink. See Blink, and cf. Blur.] To make somewhat sore or watery, as the eyes; to dim, or blur, as the sight. Figuratively: To obscure (mental or moral perception); to blind; to hoodwink.
That tickling rheums
Should ever tease the lungs and blear the sight.
Cowper.
To blear the eye of, to deceive; to impose upon. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Bleared (&?;), a. Dimmed, as by a watery humor; affected with rheum. -- Blear"ed*ness (&?;), n.
Dardanian wives,
With bleared visages, come forth to view
The issue of the exploit.
Shak.
Blear"eye` (&?;), n. (Med.) A disease of the eyelids, consisting in chronic inflammation of the margins, with a gummy secretion of sebaceous matter. Dunglison.
Blear"-eyed` (&?;), a. 1. Having sore eyes; having the eyes dim with rheum; dim- sighted.
The blear-eyed Crispin.
Drant.