espial[noun]Synonyms: discovery, detection, find, strike, unearthing
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espial noun.
[ɪ'spʌɪ(ǝ)l, ɛ-] LME.[Old French espiaille action of spying, (in pl.) spies, from espier ESPY: see -AL1.]1. a. The action or an act of spying or keeping watch.
arch. LME.■ Dickens The Captain..cut a small hole of espial in the wall.b. The action of espying; the fact of being espied.
L16.■ M. Innes She must slip to the other side and risk espial from the house.2. A body of spies; a spy, a scout.
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