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<hw>Leer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To learn. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> See <er>Lere</er>, to learn.</def>

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<hw>Leer</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>lere</ets>; akin to G. <ets>leer</ets>, OHG. & OS. <ets>l\'beri</ets>.]</ety> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark> <def>Empty; destitute; wanting</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Empty of contents</def>. "A <i>leer</i> stomach." <i>Gifford</i>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Destitute of a rider; and hence, led, not ridden; <as>as, a <ex>leer</ex> horse</as></def>. <i>B. Jonson</i>. <sd>(c)</sd> <def>Wanting sense or seriousness; trifling; trivolous; <as>as, <ex>leer</ex> words</as>.</def>

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<hw>Leer</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An oven in which glassware is annealed.</def>

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<hw>Leer</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE.<ets>lere</ets> cheek, face, look, AS. <ets>hle\'a2r</ets> cheek, face; akin to OS. <ets>hlear</ets>, <ets>hlior</ets>, OD. <ets>lier</ets>, Icel. <ets>hl<?/r</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The cheek.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Holinshed.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>complexion; aspect; appearance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>A Rosalind of a better <b>leer</b> than you. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A distorted expression of the face, or an indirect glance of the eye, conveying a sinister or immodest suggestion.</def>

<blockquote>With jealous <b>leer</b> malign Eyed them askance. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>She gives the <b>leer</b> of invitation. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Damn with faint praise, assent with civil <b>leer</b>. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Leer</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Leered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Leering</er>.]</wordforms> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>I will <b>leer</b> him as a'comes by. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The priest, above his book, <b>Leering</b> at his neighbor's wife. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Leer</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To entice with a leer, or leers; <as>as, to <ex>leer</ex> a man to ruin</as>.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

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<hw>Leere</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <def>Tape or braid; an ornament.</def>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<cs><col>Leere side</col>, <cd>the left side, as that on which a leere or ornament was worn.</cd></cs>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

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