Spire

v. i.	1.	To breathe.
n.	1.	A slender stalk or blade in vegetation; as, a spire grass or of wheat. An oak cometh up a little spire. - Chaucer.
	2.	(Arch.) 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. 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.
v. i.	1.	To shoot forth, or up in, or as if in, a spire. [imp. & p. p. Spired ; p. pr. & vb. n. Spiring.] It is not so apt to spire up as the other sorts, being more inclined to branch into arms. - Mortimer.
n.	1.	A spiral; a curl; a whorl; a twist.
	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.

Noun

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spire - a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top Synonyms: steeple

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