English Dictionary: Leer | by the DICT Development Group |
7 results for Leer | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Leer \Leer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Leered} (l[emac]rd); 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 leerupon him as a' comes by. --Shak. The priest, above his book, Leering at his neighbor's wife. --Tennyson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Leer \Leer\, v. t. To entice with a leer, or leers; as, to leer a man to ruin. --Dryden. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Leer \Leer\ (l[emac]r), v. t. To learn. [Obs.] See {Lere}, to learn. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Leer \Leer\, a. [OE. lere; akin to G. leer, OHG. & OS. l[be]ri.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Empty; destitute; wanting; as: (a) Empty of contents. [bd]A leer stomach.[b8] --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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Leer \Leer\, n. An oven in which glassware is annealed. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Leer \Leer\, n. [OE. lere cheek, face, look, AS. hle[a2]r cheek, face; akin to OS. hlear, hlior, OD. lier, Icel. hl[ymac]r.] 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. |