Leere
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Leere is a noun meaning (obsolete) A tape or braid; an ornament.
Meaning
(obsolete) A tape or braid; an ornament.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) A layer.
- (obsolete) A look or glance.
- (obsolete) A joke or jest; a bit of comedy.
Example Sentences
A leere put upon the Father by his Sonne.
I gave a leere With that same eye that made her turne her whites up.
Heere I meete with many of my old acquaintance, and with Sam Tuke every hower of a day almost; a word hath not paste betwixte us; sometimes a leere.
Pursuing my Voyage through the City, and casting a Leere into the Shops of the Rich Drapers, Mercers, and Lacemen, I saw them haunted by many People in Want, especially young Heirs newly at Age, and Spendthrifts, that came to borrow Money of them.
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