fleer /(flē"ẽr)/

1. One who flees.

imp. & p. p. fleered; p. pr. & vb. n. fleering

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.

   To fleer and scorn at our solemnity.

2. To grin with an air of civility; to leer. [Obs.]

   Grinning and fleering as though they went to a bear baiting.

1. To mock; to flout at.

1. A word or look of derision or mockery.

   And mark the fleers, the gibes, and notable scorn.

2. A grin of civility; a leer. [Obs.]

   A sly, treacherous fleer on the face of deceivers.