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