Part 3927

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Espiaille</h1> <Xpage=509>

<hw>Es`pi*aille"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Espial.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Espial</h1> <Xpage=509>

<hw>Es*pi"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. & Norm. F. <ets>espiaille</ets>. See <er>Espy</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of espying; notice; discovery.</def>

<blockquote>Screened from <b>espial</b> by the jutting cape. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who espies; a spy; a scout.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Their <i>espials</i> . . . brought word."

<i>Holland.</i>

<h1>Espier</h1> <Xpage=509>

<hw>Es*pi"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who espies.</def>

<i>Harmar.</i>

<h1>Espinel</h1> <Xpage=509>

<hw>Es"pi*nel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A kind of ruby. See <er>Spinel</er>.</def>

<h1>Espionage</h1> <Xpage=509>

<hw>Es"pi*o*nage</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>espionnage</ets>, fr. <ets>espionner</ets> to spy, fr. <ets>espion</ets> spy, OF. <ets>espie</ets>. See <er>Espy</er>.]</ety> <def>The practice or employment of spies; the practice of watching the words and conduct of others, to make discoveries, as spies or secret emissaries; secret watching.</def>

<h1>Esplanade</h1> <Xpage=509>

<hw>Es`pla*nade"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>esplanade</ets>, Sp. <ets>esplanada</ets>, <ets>explanada</ets>, cf. It. <ets>spianata</ets>; fr. Sp. <ets>explanar</ets> to level, L. <ets>explanare</ets> to flatten or spread out. See <er>Explain</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Fort.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A clear space between a citadel and the nearest houses of the town.</def> <i>Campbell (Mil. Dict. )</i>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The glacis of the counterscarp, or the slope of the parapet of the covered way toward the country.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Hort.)</fld> <def>A grass plat; a lawn.</def>

<i>Simmonds.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Any clear, level space used for public walks or drives; esp., a terrace by the seaside.</def>

<h1>Esplees</h1> <Xpage=509>

<hw>Es*plees"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>expletia</ets>, OF. <ets>espleit</ets>. Cf. <er>Exploit</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Old Eng. Law)</fld> <def>The full profits or products which ground or land yields, as the hay of the meadows, the feed of the pasture, the grain of arable fields, the rents, services, and the like.</def>

<i>Cowell.</i>

<h1>Espousage</h1> <Xpage=509>

<hw>Es*pous"age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Espousal.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Latimer.</i>