spire
-1 n. தூபி முனை, கோபுரக் கூம்பு, மர உச்சி, கிளைக்குமிடத்துக்கு மேலுள்ள நேரடி மரப்பகுதி, புல்தாள், புல்லின் நுனிக்கூம்பு, தளிர்முனை, தளிர்க்காம்பு, நீள்காம்பு, பூங்கொத்து,குவட்டுரு, கூம்புவடிவப் பொருள், கொடுமுடி, சிகரம், கூர்முனை, கூர்முளை, (வினை.) தளிர்த்-2 n. திருகு சுருள், கயிற்றுச் சுருளை, கம்பிச் சுருளை, சுருளின் ஒரு திருகுவட்டம்.
Spire, v. i. Etym: [L. spirare to breathe. See Spirit.] Defn: To breathe. [Obs.] Shenstone. Spire, n. Etym: [OE. spire, spir, a blade of grass, a young shoot, AS. spir; akin to G. spier a blade of grass, Dan. spire a sprout, sprig, Sw. spira a spar, Icel. spira.] 1. A slender stalk or blade in vegetation; as, a spire grass or of wheat. An oak cometh up a little spire. Chaucer. 2. 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. "With glistering spires and pinnacles adorned." Milton. A spire of land that stand apart, Cleft from the main. Tennyson. Tall spire from which the sound of cheerful bells Just undulates upon the listening ear. Cowper. 3. (Mining) Defn: A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the chargen in blasting. 4. The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit. The spire and top of praises. Shak. Spire, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Spired; p. pr. & vb. n. Spiring.] Defn: To shoot forth, or up in, or as if in, a spire. Emerson. It is not so apt to spire up as the other sorts, being more inclined to branch into arms. Mortimer. Spire, n. Etym: [L. spira coil, twist; akin to Gr. spire.] 1. A spiral; a curl; a whorl; a twist. Dryden. 2. (Geom.) Defn: The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole. See Spiral, n. Spire bearer. (Paleon.) Same as Spirifer. Spire, v. i. Etym: [L. spirare to breathe. See Spirit.] Defn: To breathe. [Obs.] Shenstone. Spire, n. Etym: [OE. spire, spir, a blade of grass, a young shoot, AS. spir; akin to G. spier a blade of grass, Dan. spire a sprout, sprig, Sw. spira a spar, Icel. spira.] 1. A slender stalk or blade in vegetation; as, a spire grass or of wheat. An oak cometh up a little spire. Chaucer. 2. 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. "With glistering spires and pinnacles adorned." Milton. A spire of land that stand apart, Cleft from the main. Tennyson. Tall spire from which the sound of cheerful bells Just undulates upon the listening ear. Cowper. 3. (Mining) Defn: A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the chargen in blasting. 4. The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit. The spire and top of praises. Shak. Spire, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Spired; p. pr. & vb. n. Spiring.] Defn: To shoot forth, or up in, or as if in, a spire. Emerson. It is not so apt to spire up as the other sorts, being more inclined to branch into arms. Mortimer. Spire, n. Etym: [L. spira coil, twist; akin to Gr. spire.] 1. A spiral; a curl; a whorl; a twist. Dryden. 2. (Geom.) Defn: The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole. See Spiral, n. Spire bearer. (Paleon.) Same as Spirifer.