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Webster 1913 Edition


Leer

Leer

(lēr)
,
Verb.
T.
To learn.
[Obs.]
See
Lere
, to learn.

Leer

,
Adj.
[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
.

Leer

,
Noun.
An oven in which glassware is annealed.

Leer

,
Noun.
[OE.
lere
cheek, face, look, AS.
hleór
cheek, face; akin to OS.
hlear
,
hlior
, OD.
lier
, Icel.
hlȳr
.]
1.
The cheek.
[Obs.]
Holinshed.
2.
Complexion; aspect; appearance.
[Obs.]
A Rosalind of a better
leer
than you.
Shakespeare
3.
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.
Milton.
She gives the
leer
of invitation.
Shakespeare
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil
leer
.
Pope.

Leer

,
Verb.
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.
I will
leer
upon him as a’ comes by.
Shakespeare
The priest, above his book,
Leering
at his neighbor's wife.
Tennyson.

Leer

,
Verb.
T.
To entice with a leer, or leers;
as, to
leer
a man to ruin
.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition


Leer

LEER

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To look obliquely; to turn the eye and cast a look from a corner, either in contempt, defiance or frowning, or for a sly look.
2.
To look with a forced countenance.

LEER

,
Verb.
T.
To allure with smiles.

LEER

, n.
1.
The cheek. Obs.
2.
Complexion; hue; face. Obs.
3.
An oblique view.
- With jealous leer malign eyed them askance.
4.
An affected cast of countenance.
Damn with faint praise, concede with civil leer.

LEER

,
Adj.
Empty; also, trifling; frivolous. Obs.

Definition 2024


lêer

lêer

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lêer (plural lêers)

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