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What does espying mean?

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Verb
  1. present participle of espy
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Espying the bright fountain near at hand, she hastened thither, and scooped up a portion of its water, in a cup of birchen bark.
They were in bathing costume, and Miss Lee, espying Arch, fastened upon him without ceremony.
They spide a knight, that towards pricked faire, And him beside an aged Squire there rode, He them espying, gan himselfe prepare, And on his arme address his goodly shield.
Espying the mate drawing near as he was toiling at the pump with the rest, the Lakeman affected not to notice him, but unawed, went on with his gay banterings.
A telescope is perched by a dormer window on the second floor for espying Blood Point Bar Lighthouse at the tip of Kent Island across the Eastern Bay.
The first wars of the 21st century have also unfolded there, in Afghanistan, Iraq, western Sudan and Lebanon. This being so, the West has a long history of espying new spectres in the region.

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