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LEERING
leering
(adjective) showing sly or knowing malice in a glance; “she had run in fear of...his evil leering eye”- Amy Lowell
leering
(adjective) (of a glance) sidelong and slyly lascivious; “leering drugstore cowboys”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
leering (plural leerings)
Action of the verb to leer.
Verb
leering
present participle of leer
Anagrams
• girleen, reeling
Source: Wiktionary
LEER
Leer, v. t.
Definition: To learn. [Obs.] See Lere, to learn.
Leer, a. Etym: [OE. lere; akin to G. leer, OHG. & OS. lari.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Definition: 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, n.
Definition: An oven in which glassware is annealed.
Leer, n. Etym: [OE.lere cheek, face, look, AS. hleór cheek, face; akin to OS. hlear, hlior, OD. lier, Icel. hl.]
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, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Leered; p. pr. & vb. n. Leering.]
Definition: 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.
Leer, v. t.
Definition: To entice with a leer, or leers; as, to leer a man to ruin. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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