Spire

spTr, n. A body that shoots up or out to a point in a conical or pyramidal form, a steeple a stalk or blade of gra or other plant; a sprout. — v. To shoot up in a tapering form; to sprout, as grain in — malting. [AS. spir, a spike (of a reed, etc.), Ic. spira, a spar, ^-cr Dan. spire, a germ, sprout, =r^ Sw. spira, a scepter, pistil; perh. ^^ spear, spar, prob. spike, -i^ spine, not spire, a coil.]—Spir'y, jj a. Of the form of a pyramid; ^jgW pyramidical; furnished with gjj| spires. =