Spire
Spire , intransitive verb
[Latin spirare to breathe. See Spirit.]
To breathe. [Obsolete] — Shenstone
Spire , noun
[Old English spire, spir, a blade of grass, a young shoot, Anglo-Saxon spīr; akin to German spier a blade of grass, Danish spire a sprout, sprig, Swedish spira a spar, Icelandic spīra.]
1.
A slender stalk or blade in vegetation; as, a spire grass or of wheat.
An oak cometh up a little spire.
2.
(Architecture) A tapering body that shoots up or out to a point in a conical or pyramidal form. Specifically (Architecture), 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.
A spire of land that stand apart,
Cleft from the main.
Tall spire from which the sound of cheerful bells
Just undulates upon the listening ear.
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.
Spire , intransitive verb
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.
Spire , noun
[Latin spira coil, twist; akin to Greek {not transcribed}: compare French spire.]
1.
A spiral; a curl; a whorl; a twist. — Dryden
2.
(Geometry) The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole. See Spiral, n.