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spiry |
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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