Definition of "speer" []

• Sphere (noun)
• To ask, to inquire (verb)

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• "He made himsel 'rale frank, an' speer'd for a 'their mithers, an' a'thing; an 'then we got roond the ben-hoose table, an' had a fine game at the totum for cracknets."
• ": Ritson said 'speer' was a hole in the wall of a house, through which the family received and answered the inquiries of strangers."
• "But instead of the word sword he made use of the old couleur-student slang word "speer," and the other old boy looked at him with shining eyes and cried out "Well, brother, what color?""