leer

i. & t. [LEER, 8.] A. Intransitive: IMG:content-0463.png:[blocks in formation] The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia leer leër (2), s . [Prob. from lee =tolie.] The annealing chamber or arch of a gla manufactory. It is sometimes a simple oven, or it may be a long chamber through which the ware is pushed in trays, the period of pa age being sufficient for the annealing operation. *leër (3), s . [Etym. doubtful; cf. Icel. lerka =to lace.] A kind of braid or tape. *leër (1), *leare, *leere, *lere, a. [O. Low Ger. lári; O. H. Ger. lárer .] 1. Empty. 2. Without a rider. 3. Loose, di olute, uncontrolled. 4. Devoid of sense, empty, frivolous; as, leer words. *leër (2), a . [LARBOARD.] Left. leër-ing, pr. par., a. & 8. [LEER, v.] IMG:content-0465.png:[blocks in formation] verb.) C. As subst. The act of looking with a leer; a leer. leër-ing-ly, adv. [Eng. leering; -ly.) In a leering manner; with a leer. leër-si-a, s. [Named after J. D. Leers, a German botanist.] Bot.: A genus of gra es, tribe Oryzeæ. The flowers are on panicled, much-compre ed spikelets, with awnle glumes, and one to six stamens. Ten species are known. Leersia oryzoides , a gra with an effuse panicle and three stamens, is wild in watery places in temperate climates.