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noun

Leer n. An oven in which glassware is annealed.

Leer n.

The cheek. (Obs.)

Complexion; aspect; appearance. (Obs.) "A Rosalind of a better leer than you."

A distorted expression of the face, or an indirect glance of the eye, conveying a sinister or immodest suggestion. "With jealous leer malign Eyed them askance." "She gives the leer of invitation." "Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer."

verb

Leer v. t. To learn. (Obs.) See Lere, to learn.

Leer v. t. To entice with a leer, or leers; as, to leer a man to ruin.

Leer v. i. (past & past part. leered; pres. part. 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. "I will leerupon him as a' comes by." "The priest, above his book, Leering at his neighbor's wife."

adjective

Leer adj. (Obs. or Prov. Eng.) Empty; destitute; wanting; as:

(a)

Empty of contents. "A leer stomach."

(b)

Destitute of a rider; and hence, led, not ridden; as, a leer horse.

(c)

Wanting sense or seriousness; trifling; trivolous; as, leer words.

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"Leer" Quotes from Famous Books

... er is. Mijn hoop is Christus en zyn bloed. Door deze leer ik en hoop door die het eenwig goed. Ons leven is maar eenen dag, vol ziekten en vol naar geklag. Vol rampen dampen (!) en vendriet. Een schim ...

— Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders • George Wharton Edwards

... murmured their applause and admiration. Neither of the prisoners stirred. The pig's head grinned at the world with its inane, painted leer. A rumbling voice ...

— The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol • William J. Locke

... through the mire, will recognize instantly the significant difference between filthy filth and funny "filth." Dirt for dirt's sake is something else again. Pornography, an eminent American jurist has pointed out, is distinguished by the "leer of ...

— 1601 - Conversation as it was by the Social Fireside in the Time of the Tudors • Mark Twain

... 11 a.m. (six), "Leer ons alzoo onze dagen tellen" ("So teach us to number our days"); afternoon, 4 p.m. (six), "En de dooden werden geoordeeld uit hetgeen in de boeken geschreven was, naar hunne werken" ("And the dead were judged out of those things ...

— Woman's Endurance • A.D.L.

... any will wish to interrupt you," returned the soldier, with a waggish leer of his eye; "but, should they be so disposed, I have no power to stop them, if they be of the prisoner's friends. I have my orders, and must mind them, whether the Englishman goes to heaven, ...

— The Spy • James Fenimore Cooper

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