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espial

[ih-spahy-uhl] / ɪˈspaɪ əl /


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The system of espial, too, was carried out with increased severity.

From The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France by Yonge, Charles Duke

How could he keep an espial on the house?

From Will Warburton by Gissing, George

Thus urged by our despairing lord, we made Th’ espial.

From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles

Quite into fairyland they had come now, in truth; as if, skirting the dark peak that shut it off from ordinary espial, they had lighted on a bypath that led them covertly in.

From Faith Gartney's Girlhood by Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train)

Among the crowd entering the Exhibition he could easily keep her in sight without risk of his espial being detected.

From Eve's Ransom by Gissing, George




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