spired


spire 1

S0646200 (spīr)n.1. A top part or structure that tapers upward, such as a rock formation or steeple.2. A slender, tapering plant part.v. spired, spir·ing, spires v.tr. To furnish with a spire.v.intr. To rise and taper steeply.
[Middle English, from Old English spīr.]

spire 2

S0646200 (spīr)n.1. a. A spiral.b. A single turn of a spiral; a whorl.2. The area farthest from the aperture and nearest the apex on a coiled gastropod shell.
[Latin spīra, coil, from Greek speira.]
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