spire
noun
- tapering structure on top of a building
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /spaɪə/ / /ˈspaɪ.ə/ / /ˈspaɪ.ɚ/
noun
Etymology: From Middle French spire.
- One of the sinuous foldings of a serpent or other reptile; a coil.
“A dragon's fiery form bely'd the god: Sublime on radiant spires he rode.”
- A spiral.
- The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole.
verb
Etymology: From Old French spirer, and its source, Latin spīrō (“to breathe”).
- To breathe.