speer

Etymology 1

See sphere.

noun

  1. (obsolete) sphere

Etymology 2

From Middle English spuren, from Old English spyrian, from Proto-Germanic *spurjaną. Cognate with German spüren, Swedish spörja.

verb

  1. (Scotland) to ask, to inquire
    Afore lang days, I hope to see him here, / About his milkness and his cows to speer. 1778, Alexander Ross, Helenore: Or, The Fortunate Shepherdess, page 87

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