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A sizing liquid made from egg white beaten with vinegar and applied to book covers before laying on gold leaf or to book edges before gilding.

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Usage examples (8)
  • It begins with zero in the glair of a cell and ascends until we come to the mighty brain of a Newton.
  • Its appearance was very beautiful; firm and glair; varying in color, and glistening like polished porphyry.
  • She lifted the scissors the her chest intending to kil her self but the creature stilfed that with a glair.
  • A coating of glair or varnish is found to some extent to protect leather from adverse outside influences, but, unfortunately, both glair and varnish tend rather...
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