• Spiall

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    Noun

    spiall

    (usually uncountable; plural spiall)
    1. (archaic) A spy; spies.
      • 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, Book I, lxvii:''For he by faithful spiall was assur'd,
      • That Egypt's king was forward on his way.
    2. (archaic) The act of spying; espionage.
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