espial
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So they held their peace, and arranged between them to keep her in watch and close espial, that they might catch her unawares.
From The Decameron, Volume II by Rigg, J. M. (James Macmullen)
I saw not what was to be gained by any such long-range espial in the darkness.
From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Lynde, Francis
At the moment of my espial, Cornwallis was speaking, and I drew back to listen, well enough content to be in earshot.
From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Lynde, Francis
Wondering we come into this lodge of watchmen, this office of espial; let us not retreat astonished and ashamed.
From Sketches from Concord and Appledore by Stearns, Frank Preston
It was even possible, he thought, that, if she had not herself seen Cecily, some one in her employment had made the espial for her.
From The Emancipated by Gissing, George
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