Leer
(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.
Leer
(Leer), n. An oven in which glassware is annealed.
Leer
(Leer), n. [OE. lere cheek, face, look, AS. hleór cheek, face; akin to OS. hlear, hlior, OD. lier,
Icel. hlyr.]
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
(Leer), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Leered (lerd); 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
(Leer), v. t. To entice with a leer, or leers; as, to leer a man to ruin. Dryden.
