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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
blear /blɪə/ archaic

▶adjective dim or dull. ▶verb make (the eyes) dim or bleary.

– origin ME (as v.): prob. rel. to Mid. High Ger. blerre ‘blurred vision’ and Low Ger. blarroged ‘bleary-eyed’.

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