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Spire
v. i.
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To breathe.
Spire
n.
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A slender stalk or blade in vegetation; as, a spire grass or of wheat.
Spire
n.
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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.
Spire
n.
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A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the chargen in blasting.
Spire
n.
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The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
Spired
imp. & p. p.
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of Spire
Spiring
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Spire
Spire
v. i.
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To shoot forth, or up in, or as if in, a spire.
Spire
n.
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A spiral; a curl; a whorl; a twist.
Spire
n.
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The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole. See Spiral, n.
Spired
a.
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Having a spire; being in the form of a spire; as, a spired steeple.
Spiricle
n.
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One of certain minute coiled threads in the coating of some seeds. When moistened these threads protrude in great numbers.
Spirifer
n.
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Any one of numerous species of fossil brachipods of the genus Spirifer, or Delthyris, and allied genera, in which the long calcareous supports of the arms form a large spiral, or helix, on each side.
Spirillum
n.
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A genus of common motile microorganisms (Spirobacteria) having the form of spiral-shaped filaments. One species is said to be the cause of relapsing fever.
Spiring
a.
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Shooting up in a spire or spires.
Spirit
n.
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Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.
Spirit
n.
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A rough breathing; an aspirate, as the letter h; also, a mark to denote aspiration; a breathing.
Spirit
n.
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Life, or living substance, considered independently of corporeal existence; an intelligence conceived of apart from any physical organization or embodiment; vital essence, force, or energy, as distinct from matter.
Spirit
n.
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The intelligent, immaterial and immortal part of man; the soul, in distinction from the body in which it resides; the agent or subject of vital and spiritual functions, whether spiritual or material.
Spirit
n.
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Specifically, a disembodied soul; the human soul after it has left the body.
Spirit
n.
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Any supernatural being, good or bad; an apparition; a specter; a ghost; also, sometimes, a sprite,; a fairy; an elf.
Spirit
n.
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Energy, vivacity, ardor, enthusiasm, courage, etc.
Spirit
n.
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One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper; as, a ruling spirit; a schismatic spirit.
Spirit
n.
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Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state; -- often in the plural; as, to be cheerful, or in good spirits; to be downhearted, or in bad spirits.
Spirit
n.
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Intent; real meaning; -- opposed to the letter, or to formal statement; also, characteristic quality, especially such as is derived from the individual genius or the personal character; as, the spirit of an enterprise, of a document, or the like.
Spirit
n.
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Tenuous, volatile, airy, or vapory substance, possessed of active qualities.
Spirit
n.
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Any liquid produced by distillation; especially, alcohol, the spirits, or spirit, of wine (it having been first distilled from wine): -- often in the plural.
Spirit
n.
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Rum, whisky, brandy, gin, and other distilled liquors having much alcohol, in distinction from wine and malt liquors.
Spirit
n.
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A solution in alcohol of a volatile principle. Cf. Tincture.
Spirit
n.
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Any one of the four substances, sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, or arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment).