Spy"ism (?), n. Act or business of spying. [R.]

{ Spy"nace (?; 48), Spyne (?) }, n. (Naut.) See Pinnace, n., 1 (a).

Squab (?), a. [Cf. dial. Sw. sqvabb a soft and fat body, sqvabba a fat

woman, Icel. kvap jelly, jellylike things, and and E. quab.] 1. Fat;

thick; plump; bulky.

Nor the squab daughter nor the wife were nice.

Betterton.