SPIRY

Etymology

Adjective

spiry (comparative more spiry, superlative most spiry)

Like or resembling a spire.

Abounding in spires.

Of a spiral form; wreathed; curled; serpentine.

Hid in the spiry volumes of the snake.

Source: Wiktionary


Spir"y, a. Etym: [From Spire a winding line.]

Definition: Of a spiral form; wreathed; curled; serpentine. Hid in the spiry volumes of the snake. Dryden.

Spir"y, a. Etym: [FR. Spire a steeple.]

Definition: Of or pertaining to a spire; like a spire, tall, slender, and tapering; abounding in spires; as, spiry turrets. "Spiry towns." Thomson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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