fleer

n.	1.	One who flees.
imp. & p.	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. [imp. & p. p. fleered (flērd); p. pr. & vb. n. fleering.] To fleer and scorn at our solemnity. - Shak.
	2.	To grin with an air of civility; to leer. Grinning and fleering as though they went to a bear baiting. - Latimer.
v. t.	1.	To mock; to flout at.
n.	1.	A word or look of derision or mockery. And mark the fleers, the gibes, and notable scorn. - Shak.
	2.	A grin of civility; a leer. A sly, treacherous fleer on the face of deceivers. - South.

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