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World Gazetteer Results for Leer:

Name		Leer
Geographical Type		Kreis
Population		165300
Country		Germany
3rd Administrative Division		Weser-Ems

Dictionary Results for Leer:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

leer
    n 1: a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip
         curls [syn: sneer, leer]
    2: a suggestive or sneering look or grin
    v 1: look suggestively or obliquely; look or gaze with a sly,
         immodest, or malign expression; "The men leered at the
         young women on the beach"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Leer \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.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Leer \Leer\, n.
   An oven in which glassware is annealed.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Leer \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.
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   2. Complexion; aspect; appearance. [Obs.]
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            A Rosalind of a better leer than you. --Shak.
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   3. A distorted expression of the face, or an indirect glance
      of the eye, conveying a sinister or immodest suggestion.
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            With jealous leer malign
            Eyed them askance.                    --Milton.
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            She gives the leer of invitation.     --Shak.
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            Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer.
                                                  --Pope.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Leer \Leer\ (l[=e]r), v. t.
   To learn. [Obs.] See Lere, to learn.
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6. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Leer \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.
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         I will leerupon him as a' comes by.      --Shak.
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         The priest, above his book,
         Leering at his neighbor's wife.          --Tennyson.
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7. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Leer \Leer\, v. t.
   To entice with a leer, or leers; as, to leer a man to ruin.
   --Dryden.
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