espial

Example Sentences

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From his new point of espial Kent checked off the members of the party.

From The Grafters by Lynde, Francis

Wondering we come into this lodge of watchmen, this office of espial; let us not retreat astonished and ashamed.

From Sketches from Concord and Appledore by Stearns, Frank Preston

I saw not what was to be gained by any such long-range espial in the darkness.

From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Lynde, Francis

Besides being kept under the eyes of these wretches, and exposed to their insults and mockery, she was subjected to espial from without.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 by Johnson, Rossiter

How could he keep an espial on the house?

From Will Warburton by Gissing, George