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SpireSpire 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.
It is not so apt to spire up as the other sorts, being
more inclined to branch into arms. --Mortimer. SpireSpire Spire, n. [L. spira coil, twist; akin to Gr. ???: cf. F.
spire.]
1. A spiral; a curl; a whorl; a twist. --Dryden.
2. (Geom.) The part of a spiral generated in one revolution
of the straight line about the pole. See Spiral, n.
Spire bearer. (Paleon.) Same as Spirifer. SpireSpire Spire, v. i. [L. spirare to breathe. See Spirit.]
To breathe. [Obs.] --Shenstone. Spire
Spire Spire, n. [OE. spire, spir, a blade of grass, a young
shoot, AS. sp[=i]r; akin to G. spier a blade of grass, Dan.
spire a sprout, sprig, Sw. spira a spar, Icel. sp[=i]ra.]
1. A slender stalk or blade in vegetation; as, a spire grass
or of wheat.
An oak cometh up a little spire. --Chaucer.
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.
A spire of land that stand apart, Cleft from the
main. --Tennyson.
Tall spire from which the sound of cheerful bells
Just undulates upon the listening ear. --Cowper.
3. (Mining) A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the
chargen in blasting.
4. The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
The spire and top of praises. --Shak.
Meaning of Spires from wikipedia
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Since towers supporting spires are
usually square, square-plan
spires emerge directly from the tower's walls, but
octagonal spires are
either built above...
- the
SPIRES project during this
early phase of development. Eventually,
BALLOTS split off from
SPIRES and the
Research Libraries Group adopted SPIRES as...
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spires in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
spire is a
conical or
pyramidal structure tapering at the top of a building.
Spires or The
Spires may...
- The
Spire is a 1964
novel by
English author William Golding. "A dark and
powerful portrait of one man's will", it
deals with the
construction of a 404-foot-high...
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University Church of St Mary the Virgin, both of
which offer views over the
spires of the city. Many
tourists shop at the
historic Covered Market. In the summer...
- Srl.
Retrieved 2022-11-22. "Seven
Spires - Lore". sevenspiresband.com.
Retrieved 2022-11-05. "Kritik zu
Seven Spires EMERALD SEAS".
Metal Hammer (in German)...
- countries,
including Sweden and Spain. On 22 July 2020
Spires signed with Real Betis. On 9
December 2021
Spires signed with Spójnia Stargard. He has been a member...
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small town of Dual
Spires. Once there, they are
caught up in the
mysterious drowning death of
teenager Paula Merral. "Dual
Spires"
received generally...
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spire does not have a
raised point, but
instead is sunken.
Snails with high
spires tend to
prefer vertical surfaces while those with low
spires prefer...
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Spiring is an
English surname.
Notable people with the
surname include:
Gordon Spiring (1918–1997),
English footballer Peter Spiring (born 1950), English...
