spyingn.

Etymology: < spy v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈspying.

a. The action of the verb, in various senses.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > [noun]

spying1338

espying1340

espialc1386

espyc1386

spyc1450

especiala1500

spieryc1588

intelligence1602

worming1607

scouting1644

espionage1793

spyism1847

spydom1859

obbo1933

great game1936

spooking1977

1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 338 Sir Jon de Waleis taken was in a pleyn, Þorgh spiyng of Norreis.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) viii. xxviii Liȝt..destroieth fals waitinges and spyinges.

c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 9138 But thei be armed in al maners..For auenture of ony spiyng.

1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xiv. xiii. 473 Mount Fasga is the hyll of spienge, of syghte, and of byholdynge.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. liii. 75 None coulde yssue out without spyeng.

a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 61^v The spying of this fault now is not the curiositie of English eyes.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Speculation,..a viewing, watching, or spying out from a high place.

1883 Longman's Mag. Nov. 72 The Hill of Badeney..on ordinary days gave us our first vantage-ground for spying.

1907 Athenæum 6 July 6/2 His suspicions and spyings and petty meddlings certainly had required extraordinary patience.

b. attributive, as spying-hole, spying-mission, spying-place, spying-point.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > for looking through

oillet1333

loop1393

sight-hole1559

tote-hole1561

peepholea1570

loophole1591

eyehole1655

grille1686

slit17..

eyelet1762

eyelet hole1774

spying-hole1791

eye-loop1803

squint1839

hagioscope1840

Judas hole1858

peek-hole1867

oillet pane1873

spy-hole1888

squint1891

viewport1942

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > [noun] > place for spying

spying-point1922

1791 J. Bentham Panopticon i. Postscr. 97 A thin partition..with blinded spying-holes running in the line level with the Inspector's eye.

1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc Hist. Ten Years II. 448 Confident..that there was no truth in the spying mission attributed to Conseil.

1894 S. J. Weyman Man in Black 79 The closet was a spying-place, and these were Judas-holes.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xi. [Sirens] 247 What is it?..—Find out, Miss Douce retorted, leaving her spyingpoint.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	spying
释义	spyingn. Etymology: < spy v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈspying. a. The action of the verb, in various senses. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > [noun] spying1338 espying1340 espialc1386 espyc1386 spyc1450 especiala1500 spieryc1588 intelligence1602 worming1607 scouting1644 espionage1793 spyism1847 spydom1859 obbo1933 great game1936 spooking1977 1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 338 Sir Jon de Waleis taken was in a pleyn, Þorgh spiyng of Norreis. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) viii. xxviii Liȝt..destroieth fals waitinges and spyinges. c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 9138 But thei be armed in al maners..For auenture of ony spiyng. 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xiv. xiii. 473 Mount Fasga is the hyll of spienge, of syghte, and of byholdynge. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. liii. 75 None coulde yssue out without spyeng. a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 61^v The spying of this fault now is not the curiositie of English eyes. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Speculation,..a viewing, watching, or spying out from a high place. 1883 Longman's Mag. Nov. 72 The Hill of Badeney..on ordinary days gave us our first vantage-ground for spying. 1907 Athenæum 6 July 6/2 His suspicions and spyings and petty meddlings certainly had required extraordinary patience. b. attributive, as spying-hole, spying-mission, spying-place, spying-point. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > for looking through oillet1333 loop1393 sight-hole1559 tote-hole1561 peepholea1570 loophole1591 eyehole1655 grille1686 slit17.. eyelet1762 eyelet hole1774 spying-hole1791 eye-loop1803 squint1839 hagioscope1840 Judas hole1858 peek-hole1867 oillet pane1873 spy-hole1888 squint1891 viewport1942 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > [noun] > place for spying spying-point1922 1791 J. Bentham Panopticon i. Postscr. 97 A thin partition..with blinded spying-holes running in the line level with the Inspector's eye. 1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc Hist. Ten Years II. 448 Confident..that there was no truth in the spying mission attributed to Conseil. 1894 S. J. Weyman Man in Black 79 The closet was a spying-place, and these were Judas-holes. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xi. [Sirens] 247 What is it?..—Find out, Miss Douce retorted, leaving her spyingpoint. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1338
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