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Definition of Espies
1. espy [v] - See also: espy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Espies
Literary usage of Espies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Teutonic mythology by Jacob Grimm (1882)
"The shifts were stolen, and the maidens detained. In the Lai du Desir£ the knight
espies in the forest a swan-maiden without her wimple (sans ..."
2. Narrative of the British Mission to Theodore, King of Abyssinia: With by Hormuzd Rassam (1869)
"... declined — Theodore is anxious for news from the British camp — espies some
of our troops descending into the ..."
3. A Lexicon Abridged from Liddell and Scott's Greek-English Lexicon by Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, James Morris Whiton (1891)
"On-espIes, f. a)mu, ... nI, (On-espies) a seat in a theatre. ... viewing, beholding,
observing ; On-espies dr-nw for the purpose of seeing the world : esp. ..."
4. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1893)
"Mr. Peirce presses me very hard in the struggle for truth : he does not hesitate
to take advantage of even the smallest weak point which he espies or rather ..."
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