espial

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Not caring to be observed in his clandestine espial he drew back a little, still keeping the figure of the girl in sight, and listened to the music.

From Aunt Rachel by Murray, David Christie

His rat-tat-tat brought to the door a thin yellow face, cautious in espial, through the narrow opening.

From Will Warburton by Gissing, George

Imperious Norman, that's a modern trial That's always being argued more or less; The Press keeps now such vigilant espial On every grasping would-be public plunderer.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, February 27, 1892 by Various

How could he keep an espial on the house?

From Will Warburton by Gissing, George

The flow'r grew wild and rankly as the weed, Roses with thistles struggled for espial, And vagrant plants of parasitic breed Had overgrown the Dial.

From The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood by Hood, Thomas