2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spiry  \Spir"y\,  a.  [From  {Spire}  a  winding  line.] 
  Of  a  spiral  form  wreathed;  curled;  serpentine. 
 
  Hid  in  the  spiry  volumes  of  the  snake.  --Dryden. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spiry  \Spir"y\,  a.  [FR.  {Spire}  a  steeple.] 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  a  spire;  like  a  spire,  tall,  slender,  and 
  tapering;  abounding  in  spires;  as  spiry  turrets.  ``Spiry 
  towns.''  --Thomson. 

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