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espial

noun
/ɪˈspaɪ.əl/

Etymology

From Middle English espiaille, from Old French espier (“to watch”).

  1. inherited from espiaille

Definitions

  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.

  2. The fact of noticing or observing

    The fact of noticing or observing; a discovery.

  3. A scout

    A scout; a spy.

    • these be most necessarie for the espials belonging vnto a camp

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for espial. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA