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Spial vs Espial - What's the difference?

spial | espial |

In obsolete terms the difference between spial and espial

is that spial is a spy while espial is a spy; a scout.

spial

English

Alternative forms

* spyale spiall

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) Espionage.
  • (obsolete) A spy.
  • *1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.i:
  • *:And priuie spials plast in all his way, / To weete what course he takes, and how he fares [...].

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    espial

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Act of noticing or observing.
    • Screened from espial by the jutting cape. — Byron.
  • The fact of noticing or observing; a discovery.
  • (obsolete) A spy; a scout.
    • Their espials brought word. — Holland.

    See also

    * espy * spy

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