Speer \Speer\, n. A sphere. [Obs.]

--Chaucer.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Speer \Speer\, v. t. To ask. [Scot.]

See Spere.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Spere \Spere\, v. i. [AS. spyrian to inquire, properly, to follow the track; akin to D. speuren, G. sp["u]ren, Icel.

1. See Spoor.]

To search; to pry; to ask; to inquire. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

[Written also speer, speir.]

--Jamieson.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)