Hypertext Webster Gateway: "speir"
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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