spial
/ˈspaɪəl/
spial noun: espionage.
Noun
spial (countable and uncountable, plural spials)
- Espionage.
- A spy.
- And priuie spials plast in all his way, / To weete what course he takes, and how he fares […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- [ Charles François Dumouriez ], roaming far out, obscure, as King's spial, or sitting sealed up, enchanted in Bastille […]1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number)
Forms of spial
| plural | spials |
|---|---|
| alternative form | spyale |
| alternative form | spiall |
Origin of spial
Aphetic form of espial.
Words that rhyme with spial
Questions about spial
- What does spial mean?
- Spial means espionage.
- What part of speech is spial?
- Spial is a noun.
- How do you pronounce spial?
- Spial is pronounced /ˈspaɪəl/.
- What is the plural of spial?
- The plural of spial is spials.
Words near spial in the dictionary
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