speering

“What needs ye be aye speering then at folk?” retorted Effie.

The Heart of Mid-Lothian 2007

“There has been Jock Driver the carrier here, speering about his new graith,” said Mrs. Saddletree to her husband, as he crossed his threshold, not with the purpose, by any means, of consulting him upon his own affairs, but merely to intimate, by a gentle recapitulation, how much duty she had gone through in his absence.

The Heart of Mid-Lothian 2007

They engaged in many amusements, of which I was incapable, and could only look on and laugh at-–such as catching crabs, and speering flounders by torchlight.

A Biographical Sketch of the Life and Character of Joseph Charless In a Series of Letters to his Grandchildren Charlotte Taylor Blow Charless

'It's Mr. Kinnaird's christened name that I'm speering for.'

A Dozen Ways Of Love Lily Dougall 1890

--- And is't the way to Glasgow ye were speering if I ken'd?

Rob Roy 1887

So when I got to my lady's house, speering at every watchman, it was still mirk night.

Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 1887

Now as he stood there, speering and spying about him, he saw, far away, the smoke of a Finn Gamme, [3] which stood beneath a cliff, and he managed to scramble right up to it.

Weird Tales from Northern Seas Jonas Lauritz Idemil Lie 1870

This time seven years ye'll ha 'no need to come speering and questioning what The Cause is, and the Gran' Cause, and the Only Cause worth working for on the earth o 'God.

Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography Charles Kingsley 1847

After hearkening at the door for a while, and finding all quiet, we gave a knock to rouse him up, and see if we could bring any thing out of him by speering cross-questions.

The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith David Macbeth Moir 1824

After hearkening at the door for a while, and finding all quiet, we gave a knock to rouse him up, and see if we could bring any thing out of him by speering cross-questions.

The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself David Macbeth Moir 1824