Leer (?), v. t.
To learn. [Obs.] See Lere, to learn.
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Leer, a. [OE. lere; akin to G. leer, OHG. & OS. lari.] [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. hleor cheek, face; akin to OS. hlear, hlior, OD. lier, Icel. hlr.]
1.
The cheek.
[Obs.]
Holinshed.
2.
complexion; aspect; appearance.
[Obs.]
A Rosalind of a better leer than you.
Shak.
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.
Shak.
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.
I will leer him as a'comes by.
Shak.
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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