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fleering |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fleer \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.
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