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   Leer (lēr), v. t. To learn. [Obs.] See Lere, to learn.
   
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   Leer, a. [OE. lere; akin to G. leer, OHG. & OS. lāri.] [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. hlȳr.]
   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 (lērd); 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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