spire:1
nounbefore 12th century{ds||1||}
- a slender tapering blade or stalk (as of grass)
- the upper tapering part of something (such as a tree or antler) : pinnacle
- a tapering roof or analogous pyramidal construction surmounting a tower
spire:2
verb
spire
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14th century
- to rise like a spire
spire:3
noun
spire
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1545{ds||1|a|}
- spiral
- coil
- the inner or upper part of a spiral gastropod shell consisting of all the whorls except the whorl in contact with the body
spire:4
verb
spire
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1591
- to rise in or as if in a spiral
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