Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
fleer .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb See
fleer .
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Examples
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Some bright, flear maid, fram'd of a nobler mould,
A select collection of poems; with notes, biographical and historical .. 1780
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* His eyes were not deficient in luftre, and his voice remained flear and found, noiwith (landing his general weaknefs.
The Monthly Review 1791
yarb commented on the word flear
The Neopolitane carrieth the bloudiest wreakfull minde, and is the most secrete flearing murderer. Whereupon it is growne to a common prouerb, He giue him the Neapolitan shrug, when one meanes to play the villaine, and makes no boast of it.
- Thomas Nashe, The Unfortunate Traveller, 1594
April 14, 2010
bilby commented on the word flear
Little's changed :-(
April 14, 2010