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Pronunciation : Leer
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To learn. [Obs.] See Lere, to learn.

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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Leer
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [OE. lere; akin to G. leer, OHG. & OS. lari.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Leer
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: An oven in which glassware is annealed.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Leer
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE.lere cheek, face, look, AS. hle?r cheek, face; akin to OS. hlear, hlior, OD. lier, Icel. hl.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Leer
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: 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.

i. [imp. & p. p. Leered; p. pr. & vb. n. Leering.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Leer
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To entice with a leer, or leers; as, to leer a man to ruin. Dryden.

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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913