spires

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third-person singular of spire
plural of spire
broached spires
plural form of broached spire
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To breathe
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A tapering body that shoots up or out to a point in a conical or pyramidal form. Specifically (Architecture), 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
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A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the charge in blasting
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{v} to shoot out pyramidically
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{n} a round pyramid, wreath, twist, curve
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The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit
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n a tall, narrow pillar of rock, with steep sides, smaller than a butte but similar in form
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The spire of a building such as a church is the tall pointed structure on the top. Steeply pointed termination to a tower or roof. In Gothic architecture, the spire is a spectacular visual culmination of the building as well as a symbol of heavenly aspiration. The church spire originated in the 12th century as a simple, four-sided pyramidal roof capping a tower. Methods used to integrate an octagonal spire with a square tower below include broaches (sloping triangular sections of masonry added to the bottom of the four spire faces not coinciding with the tower sides), gabled dormers added to spire faces, and steep pinnacles (vertical ornaments of pyramidal or conical shape) added to tower corners. During the Decorated period (14th century) in England, a slender needle spire set in from the edge of the tower was popular; corner pinnacles and a low parapet around the tower's edge became customary. In the 20th century, architects tended to limit spires to rather elementary geometric shapes
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To shoot forth, or up in, or as if in, a spire
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A tapered ornament of triangular section sometimes cut with notches on the angles, sometimes fitted at the top with small canopies and finials The spires are often fitted to glass arms with metal mounts (see also prism)
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Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver instrument of HSO
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Specifically Arch
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{i} narrow tapering structure on the top of a building, steeple; natural structure which tapers to a point (i.e. blade of grass)
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The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole
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The pointed top of a tower, taking the form of an elongated pyramid or cone
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The pyramidal structure soaring from a tower or roof a church
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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
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a tall pyramidal, polygonal or conical structure arising from a tower
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A tapering body that shoots up or out to a point in a conical or pyramidal form
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A spiral; a curl; a whorl; a twist
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A slender stalk or blade in vegetation; as, a spire grass or of wheat
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a tower of roof tapering up to a point
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a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
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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
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See Spiral, n
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{f} furnish with a spire; taper to a point
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A steep pointed roof, in the shape of a cone or a pyramid, rising from the church tower
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a tall pyramid or cone-like structure built on a tower
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A vertically oriented tower, often seen in pairs, in a church design
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A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the chargen in blasting
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