Leer
Leer (lēr) , transitive verb
To learn. [Obsolete]
Leer , adjective
[Old English lere; akin to German leer, Old High German & Old Saxon lāri.]
Empty; destitute; wanting
(a)
Empty of contents.
(b)
Destitute of a rider; and hence, led, not ridden; as, a leer horse.
(c)
Wanting sense or seriousness; trifling; trivolous; as, leer words. [Obsolete or Provincial English] — B. Jonson
A leer stomach.
Leer , noun
An oven in which glassware is annealed.
Leer , noun
[Old English lere cheek, face, look, Anglo-Saxon hleór cheek, face; akin to Old Saxon hlear, hlior, OD. lier, Icelandic hlȳr.]
1.
The cheek. [Obsolete] — Holinshed
2.
Complexion; aspect; appearance. [Obsolete]
A Rosalind of a better leer than you.
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.
She gives the leer of invitation.
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer.
Leer (lērd) , intransitive verb
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.
The priest, above his book,
Leering at his neighbor's wife.
Leer , transitive verb
To entice with a leer, or leers; as, to leer a man to ruin. — Dryden