spiry

adj
/ˈspaɪəɹi/

Etymology

From spire + -y.

  1. inherited from *spīrō
  2. inherited from spīr
  3. inherited from spire
  4. suffixed as spiry — “spire + y

Definitions

  1. Like or resembling a spire.

  2. Abounding in spires.

    • But the calmest region is the upland, where human life is spread out beneath the bodily eye, where the mind roves from the peasant's nest to the spiry town, from the school-house to the churchyard, […]
  3. Of a spiral form

    Of a spiral form; wreathed; curled; serpentine.

    • Hid in the ſpiry volumes of the ſnake, / I lurk'd within the covert of a Brake; / Not yet deſcry'd.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA