"Spire" is a word in ENGLISH
The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the
straight line about the pole. See Spiral, n.
To shoot forth, or up in, or as if in, a spire.
A slender stalk or blade in vegetation; as, a spire grass or
of wheat.
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.
A spiral; a curl; a whorl; a twist.
To breathe.
The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the chargen in
blasting.
My former identity was lying around, somewhere, fragmented and buried, like shards from an earlier civilization.
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An Irish priest and a Rabbi get into a car accident. They both get out of their cars and stumble over to the side of the road. The Rabbi says, "Oy vey! What a wreck!" The priest asks him, "Are you all right, Rabbi?" The Rabbi responds, "Just a little shaken." The priest pulls a flask of whiskey from his coat and says, "Here, drink some of this it will calm your nerves." The Rabbi takes the flask and drinks it down and says, "Well, what are we going to tell the police?" "Well," the priest says, "I don't know what your aft' to be tellin' them. But I'll be tellin' them I wasn't the one drinkin'."
The perpendicular distance from the base of a figure to the summit, or to the side parallel to the base; …
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Read the complete definitionConsisting of two pyramids placed base to base; having a pyramid at each of the extremities of a prism, as …
Read the complete definitionA hammer with a head formed of a bundle of square bars, with pyramidal points, arranged in rows, or a …
Read the complete definitionA crown or circlet suspended from the roof or vaulting of churches, to hold tapers lighted on solemn occasions. It …
Read the complete definitionOne of the carpal bones usually articulating with the ulna; -- called also pyramidal and ulnare.
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Read the complete definitionA pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups.
Read the complete definitionConsisting of two hexagonal parts united; thus, a dihexagonal pyramid is composed of two hexagonal pyramids placed base to base.
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Read the complete definitionAn upright, four-sided pillar, gradually tapering as it rises, and terminating in a pyramid called pyramidion. It is ordinarily monolithic. …
Read the complete definitionA pyramidal form of inflorescence, in which the cluster is loosely branched below and gradually simpler toward the end.
Read the complete definitionpayramid n {1} pyramid in gymnastics. {2} the Pyramids of Egypt. v [A1; b6] form a pyramid in gymnastics.
Read the complete definitionA low tower, having a truncated pyramidal form, and flanking an ancient Egyptian gateway.
Read the complete definitionA solid body standing on a triangular, square, or polygonal base, and terminating in a point at the top; especially, …
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