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Meaning Of Spire
v. i.
To breathe.
n.
A slender stalk or blade in vegetation; as, a spire grass or
of wheat.
n.
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.
n.
A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the chargen in
blasting.
n.
The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
v. i.
To shoot forth, or up in, or as if in, a spire.
n.
A spiral; a curl; a whorl; a twist.
n.
The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the
straight line about the pole. See Spiral, n.