Definition of Spials

1. Noun. (plural of spial) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Spials

1. spial [n] - See also: spial

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spials

sphygmotonograph
sphygmotonometer
sphygmoviscosimetry
sphygmus
sphygmuses
sphynx
sphynxes
sphyraenoid
sphære
sphæres
sphæric
sphærical
sphæroid
sphæroidal
spial
spials (current term)
spic
spic-and-span
spic and span
spica
spica bandage
spicae
spicas
spicate
spicated
spiccato
spiccato bowing
spiccatos
spice
spice bush

Literary usage of Spials

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Tudor Tracts, 1532-1588 by Albert Frederick Pollard (1903)
"The Lord ABERGAVENNY, being very glad that he had prevented [anticipated] them in winning the Green, sent out spials [spies'] to understand their nearness, ..."

2. An English Garner: Ingatherings from Our History and Literature (1896)
"The Lord ABERGAVENNY, being very glad that he had prevented [anticipated'] them in winning the Green, sent out spials {spies'} to understand their ..."

3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1878)
"His lips out of frame," ie are out of order, are not kept in order. Cf. the expression " loose in the haft." 64. 12. " spials ; " so Spenser, Faery Queene, ..."

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