espial
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espial
- /ɪˈspaɪ.əl/
- /ɛˈspaɪ.əl/
Rhymes with -aɪəl
Where it comes from
From Middle English espiaille, from Old French espier (“to watch”).
noun espials
- An act of noticing or observing. Secure—unnoted—Conrad's prow pass'd by, / And anchor'd where his ambush meant to lie; / Screen'd from espial by the jutting cape, / That rears on high its rude fantastic shape.
- The fact of noticing or observing; a discovery.
- A scout; a spy. these be most necessarie for the espials belonging vnto a camp
