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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

... on it at night, my dear Prince," put in Doola, with a leer. "The clattering of the shields ...

— Bright-Wits, Prince of Mogadore • Burren Laughlin and L. L. Flood

... drawled out the wood merchant, with a sort of leer on his yellow countenance, which clearly indicated that his wood was as good as sold, "wood's riz since you went down two weeks ago; besides, you are awar that you very seldom stop going down—when ...

— The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) • Various

... come here, ye maiden vile, And rob me of my mate?' And on her child the mother scowled 80 A deadly leer of hate. ...

— The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Vol I and II • Samuel Taylor Coleridge

... a peculiar harshness had crept into the other's voice. He glanced sharply at the old man's face. For the first time he noticed something sinister—yes, evil—in the leathery countenance; a stealthiness in the hard smile that seemed to transform it at once into a pronounced leer. Like a flash there darted into the American's active brain a conviction that there could be no common relationship between this flinty old man and the delicate, refined girl he had seen in the shop. Now he recalled the fact that her dark eyes had a look of sadness ...

— Truxton King - A Story of Graustark • George Barr McCutcheon

... in a heavy mantle, standing beside him. Sir Ulric thought he had never seen so hideous a hag as she who now stood gazing at him. She was wrinkled and toothless, and bent with age. One eye was shut, and in the other was a leer so horrible that he feared her some uncanny creature of the wood, and crossed himself ...

— The Children's Portion • Various

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