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spiall - What does it mean?

Definition of 'spiall'

English

Alternative forms

* spyale spial

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (label) A spy; spies.
  • *1600 , (Edward Fairfax), The (Jerusalem Delivered) of (w), Book I, lxvii:
  • *:For he by faithful spiall was assur'd, / That Egypt's king was forward on his way.
  • (label) The act of spying; espionage.