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Fleer Definition And Meaning
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\Fle"er\, n.
One who flees. --Ld. Berners.


\Fleer\, [imp. & p. p. {Fleered}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Fleering}.] [OE. flerien; cf. Scot. fleyr, Norw. flira to
titter, giggle, laugh at nothing, MHG. vlerre, vlarre, a wide
wound.]
1. To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn; to
   deride; to sneer; to mock; to gibe; as, to fleer and
   flout.

         To fleer and scorn at our solemnity.  --Shak.

2. To grin with an air of civility; to leer. [Obs.]

         Grinning and fleering as though they went to a bear
         baiting.                              --Latimer.


\Fleer\, v. t.
To mock; to flout at. --Beau. & Fl.

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