speer

present singular third person speers · participle present speering · participle past speered · past speered · alternative spear · alternative sper · alternative spere · alternative speir · alternative spire · alternative spyrr

1. Scotlandarchaicto 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

   1 more example

   "A town ca'd Glasgow!" echoed Andrew Fairservice. "Glasgow's a ceety, man.—And is't the way to Glasgow ye were speering if I ken'd?[…]"

   1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], Rob Roy. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC

plural Speers

1. A surname.
2. A place in the United States:
   1. A neighbourhood of Denver, Colorado.
   2. An unincorporated community in Stark County, Illinois.
   3. A railroad location in Laramie County, Wyoming.