Definition of "speir" [speir]

• To ask. See spere. (verb-intransitive)

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• "But sair ye'll greet, nou naebody'll speir onie nicht for ye, limmer."
• "So they puzzled each other, until at last Angus said: "I'll tell you whit way it is, Donald, we'll juist awa 'ben the Hotel and speir if ony o' they English visitors is missing.""
• "‘Well, speir at the gentleman will he lend me his dressing-gown, then.’"