Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
glair .
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Examples
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Mon poumon a fait un bruit de bouchon et s'est mis a siffler avec un bruit de glaire (mmmh appetissant) je l'ai senti se degonfler d'un seul coup!!
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2007
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Ben oui, j'avais super mal a la gorge et a force j'arrivais plus a respirer avec tout ce glaire (desole) alors j'ai toussé pour degager tout ca et pouf plein de sang!!
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2006
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To give to this leather the elegant finish known as "tree-calf binding", it is first washed with glaire or albumen.
A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries Ainsworth Rand Spofford
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The method of applying gold lettering is as follows: the back of the book where the title is to go, is first moistened with a sticky substance, as albumen or glaire, heretofore mentioned, laid on with a camel's hair brush.
A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries Ainsworth Rand Spofford
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When the glaire has ceased to be "tacky," the gold is laid on.
Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians Douglas Cockerell 1894
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It is best to glaire twice, and to lay on a small portion of gold at a time with benzine.
Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians Douglas Cockerell 1894
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The impressions of any heavy or solid tools should be given a second coat of glaire when the first has ceased to be "tacky," and if the leather is at all porous, all impressions had better have a second coat.
Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians Douglas Cockerell 1894
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The glaire of the edge gilding will help to stop the edges fraying out.
Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians Douglas Cockerell 1894
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It is not at all an uncommon thing to see the effect of an otherwise admirably tooled binding spoilt by a dark margin round the tools, caused by the careless use of glaire.
Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians Douglas Cockerell 1894
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It will then be ready for an application of glaire.
Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians Douglas Cockerell 1894
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