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Webster 1913 Edition


Fleer

Fleer

,
Verb.
T.
To mock; to flout at.
Beau. & Fl.

Fleer

,
Noun.
1.
A word or look of derision or mockery.
And mark the
fleers
, the gibes, and notable scorn.
Shakespeare
2.
A grin of civility; a leer.
[Obs.]
A sly, treacherous
fleer
on the face of deceivers.
South.

Webster 1828 Edition


Fleer

FLEER

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To deride; to sneer; to mock; to gibe; to make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn; as, to fleer and flout.
Covered with an antic face,
To fleer and scorn at our soleminity.
2.
To leer; to grin with an air of civility.
A teacherous fleer on the face of deceivers.

FLEER

,
Verb.
T.
to mock; to flout at.

FLEER

, n.
1.
Derision or mockery, expressed by words or looks.
And mark the fleers, the gibes, and notable scorns.
2.
A grin of civility.
A treacherous fleer on the face of deceivers.