Plural of glair; multiple samples of egg white or multiple applications or mixtures of glair.
From glair plus the standard English plural suffix -s. In historical contexts, this plural might refer to multiple batches of glair prepared for different purposes, or separate applications in a artistic process.
In old recipe books, you'll see instructions about combining fresh glaires for different artistic techniques—evidence that people understood chemistry intuitively before it had a name.
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