speas

v. t. 1. To utter with the mouth; to pronounce; to utter articulately, as human beings. [ 1913 Webster ]

They sat down with him upn ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him. Job. ii. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To utter in a word or words; to say; to tell; to declare orally; as, to speak the truth; to speak sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To declare; to proclaim; to publish; to make known; to exhibit; to express in any way. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is my father;s muste
To speak your deeds. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Speaking a still good morrow with her eyes. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

And for the heaven's wide circuit, let it speak
The maker's high magnificence. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Report speaks you a bonny monk. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To talk or converse in; to utter or pronounce, as in conversation; as, to speak Latin. [ 1913 Webster ]

And French she spake full fair and fetisely. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To address; to accost; to speak to. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ He will ] thee in hope; he will speak thee fair. Ecclus. xiii. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

each village senior paused to scan
And speak the lovely caravan. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

To speak a ship (Naut.), to hail and speak to her captain or commander. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Capable of being spoken; fit to be spoken. Ascham. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Able to speak. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. An establishment where alcoholic beverages were sold and drunk illegally, especially one operating during the prohibition era in the U.S. (1920-1932); a tavern or nightclub illegally selling alcoholic beverages. [ PJC ]

n. 1. One who speaks. Specifically: (a) One who utters or pronounces a discourse; usually, one who utters a speech in public; as, the man is a good speaker, or a bad speaker. (b) One who is the mouthpiece of others; especially, one who presides over, or speaks for, a delibrative assembly, preserving order and regulating the debates; as, the Speaker of the House of Commons, originally, the mouthpiece of the House to address the king; the Speaker of a House of Representatives. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A book of selections for declamation. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of speaker; as, the speakership of the House of Representatives. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Uttering speech; used for conveying speech; as, man is a speaking animal; a speaking tube. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Seeming to be capable of speech; hence, lifelike; as, a speaking likeness. [ 1913 Webster ]

A speaking acquaintance, a slight acquaintance with a person, or one which merely permits the exchange of salutations and remarks on indifferent subjects. --
Speaking trumpet, an instrument somewhat resembling a trumpet, by which the sound of the human voice may be so intensified as to be conveyed to a great distance. --
Speaking tube, a tube for conveying speech, especially from one room to another at a distance. --
To be on speaking terms, to be slightly acquainted. [ 1913 Webster ]