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speir |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Speir \Speir\, v. i. To ask See {Spere}. --Sir W. Scott. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Spere \Spere\, v. i. [AS. spyrian to inquire, properly, to follow the track; akin to D. speuren G. sp["u]ren, Icel. spyrja [root]171. See Spoor.] To search; to pry; to ask to inquire. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [Written also {speer}, {speir}.] --Jamieson.
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