Spire

spTr, n. a winding line like the threads of a screw: a curl' a wreath: a tapering body: a steeple. [I„ spira — Gr. spetra, anything wound round or upon a thing akin to gird, to fasten together in rows.] Spirit, spir n vital force the sou] a ghost mental disposition enthusiasm: real meming; chief quality a very lively person any volatile, inflammable liquid obtained by distillation, as brandy:—//, mu-liertiul activity, liveline : persons with particular qualities ot mind mental excitement spirituous liquors — Holy Spirit. See under Holy. —The Spirit, the Holy Spirit the human spirit under the influent e of the Holy Spirit —vt to take away suddenly or secretly, as by a spirit. [L. spiritus, a breath spiro, to breathe.] Spirited, spir'it-ed, ad} full of spirit, life, or lire — animated. adv. Spir itedly SpJr'itedne .