Spire

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

II. Spire ·vi To Breathe.

III. Spire ·vi To shoot forth, or up in, or as if in, a spire.

IV. Spire ·noun The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.

V. Spire ·noun A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the chargen in blasting.

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

VII. Spire ·noun The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole. ·see Spiral, ·noun.

VIII. Spire ·noun 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.