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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Spire \Spire\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Spired; p. pr. & vb. n.
Spiring.]
To shoot forth, or up in, or as if in, a spire. --Emerson.
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It is not so apt to spire up as the other sorts, being
more inclined to branch into arms. --Mortimer.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Spire \Spire\, n. [L. spira coil, twist; akin to Gr. ???: cf. F.
spire.]
1. A spiral; a curl; a whorl; a twist. --Dryden.
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2. (Geom.) The part of a spiral generated in one revolution
of the straight line about the pole. See Spiral, n.
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Spire bearer. (Paleon.) Same as Spirifer.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Spire \Spire\, v. i. [L. spirare to breathe. See Spirit.]
To breathe. [Obs.] --Shenstone.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Spire \Spire\, n. [OE. spire, spir, a blade of grass, a young
shoot, AS. sp[imac]r; akin to G. spier a blade of grass, Dan.
spire a sprout, sprig, Sw. spira a spar, Icel. sp[imac]ra.]
1. A slender stalk or blade in vegetation; as, a spire grass
or of wheat.
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An oak cometh up a little spire. --Chaucer.
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2. A tapering body that shoots up or out to a point in a
conical or pyramidal form. Specifically (Arch.), the roof
of a tower when of a pyramidal form and high in proportion
to its width; also, the pyramidal or aspiring termination
of a tower which can not be said to have a roof, such as
that of Strasburg cathedral; the tapering part of a
steeple, or the steeple itself. "With glistering spires
and pinnacles adorned." --Milton.
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A spire of land that stand apart,
Cleft from the main. --Tennyson.
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Tall spire from which the sound of cheerful bells
Just undulates upon the listening ear. --Cowper.
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3. (Mining) A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the
chargen in blasting.
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4. The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
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The spire and top of praises. --Shak.
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WordNet Spire
n : a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building
(usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point
at the top [syn: steeple]

Moby Dictionary
acme , antenna tower , anthrophore , apex , apogee , arise , ascend ,
aspire , axis , barbican , become airborne , belfry , bell tower , blade ,
bole , bract , bracteole , bractlet , brow , buss the clouds , campanile ,
cane , cap , carpophore , caudex , caulicle , caulis , claw skyward ,
climax , cloud nine , cog , colossus , column , comb , come up ,
cotyledon , crag , crest , crown , culm , culmen , culmination , cupola ,
curl upwards , derrick , dome , edge , extreme limit , extremity , fang ,
fire tower , flag , float , floral leaf , fly , fly aloft , foliole ,
footstalk , frond , funicule , funiculus , gain altitude , glume , go up ,
grow up , hang , harrow , haulm , heaven , heavens , height , high noon ,
highest pitch , highest point , hover , involucre , involucrum , jag ,
kite , lamina , lantern , leaf , leaflet , leafstalk , leave the ground ,
lemma , levitate , lighthouse , ligule , limit , loom , martello ,
martello tower , mast , maximum , meridian , minaret , monument , mount ,
mountaintop , ne plus ultra , needle , no place higher , noon , obelisk ,
observation tower , pagoda , peak , pecten , pedicel , peduncle , petal ,
petiole , petiolule , petiolus , pilaster , pile , pillar , pine needle ,
pinnacle , pitch , plane , point , poise , pole , projection , pylon ,
pyramid , rake , ratchet , rear , rear up , reed , ridge , rise , rise up ,
sawtooth , seed leaf , seedstalk , sepal , seventh heaven , shaft , sky ,
skyscraper , snag , snaggle , soar , spathe , spear , spiral , sprocket ,
spur , stalk , stand on tiptoe , stand up , standpipe , steeple , stem ,
stipe , stipula , stipule , stock , straw , stupa , summit , surge ,
swarm up , sweep up , take off , television mast , tigella , tip ,
tip-top , tooth , top , tope , tour , tower , trunk , turret , up , upgo ,
upgrow , upheave , upmost , upper extremity , uppermost , uprise ,
upspin , upstream , upsurge , upswarm , upwind , utmost , vertex ,
very top , water tower , windmill tower , zenith , zoom