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  • Spire (mollusc) — A spire is a descriptive term for part of the shell of a snail, a gastropod mollusc shell or gastropod shell. The spire consists of all of the whorls of a coiled gastropod shell except for the body whorl.ome different types of spireTurbinoform or …   Wikipedia

  • Spire — • A tapering construction in plan conical, pyramidal, octagonal, or hexagonal crowning a steeple or tower Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Spire     Spire      …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Spire (disambiguation) — Spire may refer to: * A Spire, tapering conical or pyramidal structure on the top of a building. * The Spire of Dublin * Spire, a character from Metroid Prime Hunters . * Blackrock Spire, an instance dungeon in World of Warcraft . * Endar Spire * …   Wikipedia

  • Spire — Spire, n. [OE. spire, spir, a blade of grass, a young shoot, AS. sp[=i]r; akin to G. spier a blade of grass, Dan. spire a sprout, sprig, Sw. spira a spar, Icel. sp[=i]ra.] 1. A slender stalk or blade in vegetation; as, a spire grass or of wheat.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • spire — ► NOUN ▪ a tapering conical or pyramidal structure on the top of a building, especially a church tower. ORIGIN Old English, «tall slender stem of a plant» …   English terms dictionary

  • spire — spire1 spireless, adj. /spuyeur/, n., v., spired, spiring. n. 1. a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc. 2. a similar construction forming the upper part of a steeple. See illus. under steeple. 3.… …   Universalium

  • Spire — A spire is a tapering conical or pyramidal structure on the top of a building, particularly a church tower. Etymologically, the word is derived from Anglo Saxon, so it is related to spear, rather than the Romance languages and spirit.… …   Wikipedia

  • spire — noun a) A slender stalk or blade in vegetation; as, a spire grass or of wheat. b) A tapering body that shoots up or out to a point in a conical or pyramidal form. Specifically (Architecture), the roof of a tower when of a pyramidal form and high… …   Wiktionary

  • spire — spire1 noun 1》 a tapering conical or pyramidal structure on the top of a building, typically a church tower. 2》 the continuation of a tree trunk above the point where branching begins. Derivatives spired adjective spiry adjective Origin OE spīr… …   English new terms dictionary

  • Spire — a tall pyramidal, polygonal or conical structure arising from a tower …   Medieval glossary

  • spire shell — n. a marine or freshwater mollusk with a long conical spiral shell. ● Hydrobiidae and related families, class Gastropoda …   Useful english dictionary

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