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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Blear, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bleared p. pr. & vb. n. Blearing.]  To make somewhat sore or watery, as the eyes; to dim, or blur, as the sight. Figuratively: To obscure (mental or moral perception); to blind; to hoodwink.
 That tickling rheums
 Should ever tease the lungs and blear the sight.   --Cowper.
 To blear the eye of, to deceive; to impose upon. [Obs.]
 

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Bleared a. Dimmed, as by a watery humor; affected with rheum. -- Blear*ed*ness n.
 Dardanian wives,
 With bleared visages, come forth to view
 The issue of the exploit.   --Shak.