leer

a. [ OE. lere; akin to G. leer, OHG. & OS. lāri. ] [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An oven in which glassware is annealed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. lere cheek, face, look, AS. hleór cheek, face; akin to OS. hlear, hlior, OD. lier, Icel. hl&ymacr_;r. ] 1. The cheek. [ Obs. ] Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Complexion; aspect; appearance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A Rosalind of a better leer than you. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A distorted expression of the face, or an indirect glance of the eye, conveying a sinister or immodest suggestion. [ 1913 Webster ]

With jealous leer malign
Eyed them askance. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

She gives the leer of invitation. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Leered 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will leerupon him as a' comes by. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The priest, above his book,
Leering at his neighbor's wife. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To entice with a leer, or leers; as, to leer a man to ruin. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] Tape or braid; an ornament. Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Leere side, the left side, as that on which a leere or ornament was worn. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]