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espials

espials is the plural of espial.

Meaning of espial

Noun

espial (countable and uncountable, plural espials)

  1. 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.1814, Lord Byron, “Canto I”, in The Corsair, a Tale, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], for John Murray, […], →OCLC, stanza XVII, page 30, lines 597–600
    Synonyms:
    espy
  2. The fact of noticing or observing; a discovery.
  3. (obsolete) A scout; a spy.
    • these be most necessarie for the espials belonging vnto a camp1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C....
    Synonyms:
    espy

Questions about espials

What is espials the plural of?
Espials is the plural of espial.

Words near espials in the dictionary

  1. Espey
  2. Espeys
  3. ESPGHAN
  4. espiable
  5. espial
  6. espials
  7. espie
  8. espied
  9. espieglerie
  10. espiegleries
  11. espier

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