Definition of Spire

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Definition of Spire

Spire

To breathe.

A slender stalk or blade in vegetation; as, a spire grass or of wheat.

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 tube or fuse for communicating fire to the chargen in blasting.

The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.

To shoot forth, or up in, or as if in, a spire.

A spiral; a curl; a whorl; a twist.

The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole. See Spiral, n.

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Spire Translations

spire in German is Turmspitze, Spitze
spire in Hungarian is orom, templomtorony
spire in Spanish is espiral
spire in Swedish is tornspira, spira

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