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Blea vs Blear - What's the difference?

blea | blear |

As a noun blea

is the part of a tree that lies immediately under the bark; the alburnum or sapwood.

As an adjective blear is

(of eyes or vision) dim, unclear from water or rheum.

As a verb blear is

to make blurred or dim, especially the eyes.

blea

English

Noun

(-)
  • The part of a tree that lies immediately under the bark; the alburnum or sapwood.
  • * 1814 , Benjamin Smith Barton, Elements of Botany
    • Authors differ greatly in opinion concerning the formation of the blea . Linnaeus imagined it was formed by the bark. But it is certain that the whole of the bark does not give birth to the blea

    blear

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of eyes or vision) dim, unclear from water or rheum.
  • * Charles Dickens
    • His blear eyes ran in gutters to his chin.
  • * 1981 , John Gardner, Freddy's Book , Abacus 1982, p. 74:
    • The Devil, now disguised as a half-wit peasant to Lars-Goren's left, stood grinning, his blear eyes glittering.
  • Causing or caused by dimness of sight.
  • * Milton
    • Power to cheat the eye with blear illusion.

    See also

    * bleary

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make blurred or dim, especially the eyes.

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