GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 6 definitions

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   Leer , 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.]
   The cheek. [Obs.]
   Holinshed.
   
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   Complexion; aspect; appearance. [Obs.]
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   A Rosalind of a better leer than you.
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   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.
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   Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer.
   Pope.
   
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   Leer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Leered ; 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.
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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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