Sc. rare. Also spier. [f. SPEER v.1] An inquiry, questioning or interrogation.
1788. Macaulay, Poems, 134. I … had nae fear O’ getting you wi’ little spier, Being sure to find you.
1822. Galt, Steam-Boat, x. 257. There was … a wonderful speer and talk about what we had all seen that day at the Coronation.
