Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GLARE, v.i.

1. To shine with a clear, bright, dazzling light; as, glaring light. The cavern glares with new admitted light. Dryden.
2. To look with fierce, piercing eyes. They glared, like angry lions. Dryden.
3. To shine with excessive luster; to be ostentatiously splendid; as, a glaring dress. Milton. She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring. Pope.