Lehr vs. Leer: What's the Difference?

A long oven or kiln, often having a moving belt, used for annealing glass.

To look with a sidelong glance, indicative especially of sexual desire or sly and malicious intent.

A desirous, sly, or knowing look.

(intransitive) To look sideways or obliquely; now especially with sexual desire or malicious intent.

(transitive) To entice with a leer or leers.

To teach.

To learn.

A significant side glance; a glance expressive of some passion, as malignity, amorousness, etc.; a sly or lecherous look.

An arch or affected glance or cast of countenance.

(obsolete) The cheek.

(obsolete) The face.

(obsolete) One's appearance; countenance.

(obsolete) Complexion; hue; colour.

(obsolete) Flesh; skin.

The flank or loin.

Alternative form of lehr

(obsolete) Empty; unoccupied; clear.

(obsolete) Destitute; lacking; wanting.

(obsolete) Faint from lack of food; hungry.

Thin; faint.

(obsolete) Having no load or burden; free; without a rider.

(obsolete) Lacking sense or seriousness; trifling; frivolous.

To learn.

To look with a leer; to look askance with a suggestive expression, as of hatred, contempt, lust, etc.; to cast a sidelong lustful or malign look.

To entice with a leer, or leers; as, to leer a man to ruin.

Empty; destitute; wanting

An oven in which glassware is annealed.

The cheek.

Complexion; aspect; appearance.

A distorted expression of the face, or an indirect glance of the eye, conveying a sinister or immodest suggestion.

A facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls

A suggestive or sneering look or grin

Look suggestively or obliquely; look or gaze with a sly, immodest, or malign expression;