Spire
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole. See Spiral, n.
(2): ( v. i.) To shoot forth, or up in, or as if in, a spire.
(3): ( n.) A spiral; a curl; a whorl; a twist.
(4): ( n.) The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
(5): ( n.) A slender stalk or blade in vegetation; as, a spire grass or of wheat.
(6): ( n.) A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the chargen in blasting.
(7): ( n.) 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.
(8): ( v. i.) To breathe.
King James Dictionary [2]
Spire n. L. spira from the root of L. spiro, to breathe. The primary sense of the root is to throw, to drive, to send, but it implies a winding motion, like throw, warp, and many others.
1. A winding line like the threads of a screw any thing wreathed or contorted a curl a twist a wreath. His neck erect amidst his circling spires. A dragon's fiery form belied the god sublime on radiant spires he rode. 2. A body that shoots up to a point a tapering body a round pyramid or pyramidical body a steeple. With glist'ring spires and pinnacles adorn'd. 3. A stalk or blade of grass or other plant. How humble ought man to be, who cannot make a single spire or grass. 4. The top or uppermost point of a thing.
SPIRE,
1. To shoot to shoot up pyramidically. 2. To breathe. Not in use. 3. To sprout, as grain in malting.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
Bibliography Information McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Spire'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/s/spire.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
