Definition of Espiegle

1. playful [adj] - See also: playful

Lexicographical Neighbors of Espiegle

especial(a)
especiall
especially
especialness
esper
esperamicin
esperamicins
esperance
esperances
esperanzaite
esperium
espers
espial
espials
espied
espiegle (current term)
espieglerie
espiegleries
espies
espinel
espinels
espionage
espionage agent
espionage network
espionages
esplanade
esplanaded
esplanades
esplees
espontoon

Literary usage of Espiegle

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

1. Diplomatic Documents Relating to the Outbreak of the European War by James Brown Scott (1916)
"Any attack upon HMS "espiegle" by Turkish authorities will be a wanton act of aggression, as she is not in Turkish territorial waters. ..."

2. Medals of the British navy and how they were won by William Henry Long (1895)
"THE " PYLADES " & "espiegle. ... ON August 11th the British sloop "Pylades" sixteen, Captain A. MacKenzie, the British sloop " espiegle," sixteen, ..."

3. Sea Fights of the Great War: Naval Incidents During the First Nine Months by William Lionel Wyllie, M. F. Wren (1918)
"Both espiegle and Dalhousie were, therefore, in Persian waters. Odin was lying outside the outer bar of the Shatt-el-Arab, which is ten miles off shore, ..."

4. A History of Naval Architecture: To which is Prefixed, an Introductory by John Fincham (1851)
"In the first of the trials ' on a wind/ the espiegle and Mutine did not take a part, being absent. In the fourth, the Daring did not participate ; and the ..."

5. Diplomatic Documents Relating to the Outbreak of the European War by James Brown Scott (1916)
"Any attack upon HMS "espiegle" by Turkish authorities will be a wanton act of aggression, as she is not in Turkish territorial waters. ..."

6. Medals of the British navy and how they were won by William Henry Long (1895)
"THE " PYLADES " & "espiegle. ... ON August 11th the British sloop "Pylades" sixteen, Captain A. MacKenzie, the British sloop " espiegle," sixteen, ..."

7. Sea Fights of the Great War: Naval Incidents During the First Nine Months by William Lionel Wyllie, M. F. Wren (1918)
"Both espiegle and Dalhousie were, therefore, in Persian waters. Odin was lying outside the outer bar of the Shatt-el-Arab, which is ten miles off shore, ..."

8. A History of Naval Architecture: To which is Prefixed, an Introductory by John Fincham (1851)
"In the first of the trials ' on a wind/ the espiegle and Mutine did not take a part, being absent. In the fourth, the Daring did not participate ; and the ..."

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