espial
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The conditions under which he obtained the espial of one of the King's most trusted friends, and a member of the 'Sealed Knot,' formed a complete protection to the Earl of Rochester and his associates.
From The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 by Various
From his new point of espial Kent checked off the members of the party.
From The Grafters by Francis Lynde
"Cry, cries, crying, cried, crier, decrial; Shy, shyer, shyest, shyly, shyness; Fly, flies, flying, flier, high-flier; Sly, slyer, slyest, slyly, slyness; Spy, spies, spying, spied, espial; Dry, drier, driest, dryly, dryness."
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown
He remembered his reluctant consent to McCloskey's proposal touching the espial upon Hallock, and was sorry he had given it.
From The Taming of Red Butte Western by Francis Lynde
Her system of espial is even more minute and irritating than that of Russia.
From The Destroyer A Tale of International Intrigue by Burton Egbert Stevenson
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