Speer
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Speer is a verb meaning (archaic, Scotland) to ask, to inquire.
Meaning
(archaic, Scotland) to ask, to inquire.
Example Sentences
Afore lang days, I hope to see him here, / About his milkness and his cows to speer.
"A town ca'd Glasgow!" echoed Andrew Fairservice. "Glasgow's a ceety, man.—And is't the way to Glasgow ye were speering if I ken'd?[…]"
Word Forms
- speers
- speering
- speered
- spear
- sper
- spere
- speir
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include spear, spial, speare, espace, espial, spyre.
Related Dictionary Tools
Sources & Attribution
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.