Blear

Blear

a.
  1. Dim or sore with water or rheum; -- said of the eyes.
    His blear eyes ran in gutters to his chin.
  2. Causing or caused by dimness of sight; dim.
    Power to cheat the eye with blear illusion.

Blear

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Bleared; p. pr. & vb. n. Blearing

  1. 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.

Phrases & Compounds

To blear the eye of
to deceive; to impose upon.