1. (n.) One who flees.

2. (n.) 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.

3. (n.) To grin with an air of civility; to leer.

4. (v. t.) To mock; to flout at.

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