FLEER

n. p. v.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

One who flees. Ld. Berners.

2.
p.

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.

3.
p.

To grin with an air of civility; to leer. [Obs.] Grinning and fleering as though they went to a bear baiting. Latimer.

4.
v.

To mock; to flout at. Beau. & Fl.

5.
n.

A word or look of derision or mockery. And mark the fleers, the gibes, and notable scorn. Shak.

6.
n.

A grin of civility; a leer. [Obs.] A sly, treacherous fleer on the face of deceivers. South.

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