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-2 n. கண்ணாடியை நெகிழக்காய்ச்சி ஆறவைப்பதற்கான உலை.இளித்த பார்வை, ஒருக்கணித்த காமநோக்கு, நயவஞ்சகத் திருக்குநோக்கு, (வினை) கெட்ட எண்ணத்துடன் ஓரப்பார்வை பார், சிற்றின்ப அவாவுடன் ஒருக்கணித்துப்பார்.


Leer, v. t. Defn: To learn. [Obs.] See Lere, to learn. Leer, a. Etym: [OE. lere; akin to G. leer, OHG. & OS. lari.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Defn: 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. Defn: 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.] Defn: 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. Defn: To entice with a leer, or leers; as, to leer a man to ruin. Dryden. Leer, v. t. Defn: To learn. [Obs.] See Lere, to learn. Leer, a. Etym: [OE. lere; akin to G. leer, OHG. & OS. lari.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Defn: 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. Defn: 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.] Defn: 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. Defn: To entice with a leer, or leers; as, to leer a man to ruin. Dryden.


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