ppl. a. Forms: 4 bleried, 4–5 blerid, 4–6 blered, 5 bleryd, bleryed, (Sc.) bleirit, 6 blerde, bleered, 6–7 bleard, 8 (Sc.) bleerit, 6– bleared. [f. BLEAR v.1 + -ED.]

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  1.  Of the eyes: Dimmed with tears, morbid matter, or inflammation. Also fig.; see BLEAR v.1 3.

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c. 1340.  Gaw. & Gr. Knt., 962. Þe tweyne yȝen were … sellyly blered.

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1362.  Langl., P. Pl., A. V. 109. Bitel-brouwed with twei blered [v.r. blerid(e] eiȝen.

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1382.  Wyclif, Gen. xxix. 17. Lya was with blerid eyen.

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1525.  Ld. Berners, Froiss., II. x. 21. Kyng Robert of Scotlande … with a payre of reed blered eyen.

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1579.  Gosson, Sch. Abuse (Arb.), 27. Searching for moats with a pair blearde eies.

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1792.  Burns, Duncan Gray. Duncan … Grat his een baith bleer’t and blin’.

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1848.  Lytton, Harold, i. 307. The witch … looking into her face with bleared and rheumy eyes.

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  2.  Said of the face or person: Blurred with running from the eyes; blear-eyed.

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1500.  Ort. Voc., in Promp. Parv., 39, note. Lippus dicitur … blered of the eye.

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1596.  Shaks., Merch. V., III. ii. 59. With bleared visages come forth to view The issue of th’ exploit.

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1793.  Burns, Meg o’ the Mill, ii. The Laird was a widdiefu’, bleerit knurl.

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1863.  Kingsley, Water Bab., viii. (1878), 369. Mr. Grimes so sooty and bleared and ugly.

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  † 3.  fig. Mentally blinded, deceived. Obs.

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1549.  Cheke, Hurt. Sedit. (1641), 31. So much blered, that you did think impossible things.

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