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Definitions for: Leer
[n] a suggestive or sneering look or grin
[n] a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls
[v] look suggestively or obliquely; look or gaze with a sly, immodest, or malign expression; "They leer, they simper at her shame": Gay
Webster (1913) Definition: Leer (l[=e]r), v. t.
To learn. [Obs.] See Lere, to learn.
Leer, a. [OE. lere; akin to G. leer, OHG. & OS. l[=a]ri.]
[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, n.
An oven in which glassware is annealed.
Leer, n. [OE. lere cheek, face, look, AS. hle['o]r cheek,
face; akin to OS. hlear, hlior, OD. lier, Icel. hl[=y]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.
Leer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Leered (l[=e]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.
Leer, v. t.
To entice with a leer, or leers; as, to leer a man to ruin.
--Dryden.
Synonyms: sneer
See Also: aspect, contempt, expression, face, facial expression, look, look, scorn
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