Hypertext Webster Gateway: "speer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Speer \Speer\, n.
A sphere. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Speer \Speer\, v. t.
To ask. [Scot.] See {Spere}.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Speer
n : German Nazi architect who worked for Hitler (1905-1981)
[syn: {Speer}, {Albert Speer}]
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