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Spire (?), v. i. [L. spirare to breathe. See Spirit.] To breathe. [Obs.] Shenstone.
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Spire, n. [OE. spire, spir, a blade of grass, a young shoot, AS. sp&ī;r; akin to G. spier a blade of grass, Dan. spire a sprout, sprig, Sw. spira a spar, Icel. sp&ī;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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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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Spire, n. [L. spira coil, twist; akin to Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;: 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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