Spiry
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈspaɪəɹi/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Spiry is an adjective meaning Like or resembling a spire.
Meaning
Like or resembling a spire.
More Meanings
- Abounding in spires.
- Of a spiral form; wreathed; curled; serpentine.
Example Sentences
Hid in the ſpiry volumes of the ſnake, / I lurk'd within the covert of a Brake; / Not yet deſcry'd.
But the calmest region is the upland, where human life is spread out beneath the bodily eye, where the mind roves from the peasant's nest to the spiry town, from the school-house to the churchyard, […]
In theſe lone walls (their days eternal bound) / Theſe moſs-grown domes with ſpiry turrets crown'd, / Where awful arches make a noon-day night, / And the dim windows ſhed a ſolemn light; / Thy eyes diffus'd a reconciling ray, / And gleams of glory brighten'd all the day.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include spirelike, spired, sparlike, spikelike, spurlike, spinely.
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