BLARE, verb intransitive [Latin ploro, to dry out, to bawl, to weep.] 1. To roar; to bellow. [Little used.] 2. To sweal or melt away, as a candle. This is, I believe, usually called flare. BLARE, noun Roar; noise. [Little used.] And sign for battle's blare 1. A small copper coin of Bern, nearly of the same value as the ratz.
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