spialt (spial)

[Early mod. E. also spyal, spyall; by apheresis from espial: see espial, and pyat, cf. spion, spy.] 1. Close or secret watch; espial. I have those eyes and ears shall still keep guard And spial on thee. B. Jonson, Cat i line, iv. 2. 2. A spy; a watcher; a scout. Secretaries and spials of princes and states bring in bills for intelligence. Bacon , Advancement of Learning, ii. spiauterite (spi-â'tèr-īt), n. [ spelter ), + -ite2 .] Same as wurtzite . spica (spik a), n. [L. spica , a point, spike, ear of grain: see spikel .] 1. In bot . , a spike. -2. In surg ., a spiral bandage with reversed turns: so named because it was thought to resemble a spike of barley.-3. In ornith ., a spur; a calcar.-4. [ cap .] In astron ., a very white star of magnitude 1.2, the sixteenth in order of. brightne in the heavens, a. Virgin is, situated on the left hand of the Virgin. - Spica celtic a, an old name of Valerian a Celtic a . - Spica nard i. Same as spikenard . spical (spi'kal), a. [