LEER
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Leer (l&ē;r), v. t. To learn. [Obs.] See Lere, to learn.
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Leer, a. [OE. lere; akin to G. leer, OHG. & OS. l&ā;ri.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Empty; destitute; wanting; as: (a) Empty of contents. “A leer stomach.” Gifford. (b) Destitute of a rider; and hence, led, not ridden; as, a leer horse. B. Jonson. (c) Wanting sense or seriousness; trifling; trivolous; as, leer words.
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Leer, n. An oven in which glassware is annealed.
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Leer, n. [OE. lere cheek, face, look, AS. hleór cheek, face; akin to OS. hlear, hlior, OD. lier, Icel. hl&ymacr_;r.] 1. The cheek. [Obs.] Holinshed.
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2. Complexion; aspect; appearance. [Obs.]
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A Rosalind of a better leer than you.
Shak.
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3. A distorted expression of the face, or an indirect glance of the eye, conveying a sinister or immodest suggestion.
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With jealous leer malign
Eyed them askance.
Milton.
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She gives the leer of invitation.
Shak.
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Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer.
Pope.
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Leer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Leered (l&ē;rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Leering.] To look with a leer; to look askance with a suggestive expression, as of hatred, contempt, lust, etc.; to cast a sidelong lustful or malign look.
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I will leerupon him as a' comes by.
Shak.
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The priest, above his book,
Leering at his neighbor's wife.
Tennyson.
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Leer, v. t. To entice with a leer, or leers; as, to leer a man to ruin. Dryden.
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