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Of a spiral form; wreathed; curled; serpentine.

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  1. a. Of a spiral form; wreathed; curled; serpentine.
  2. a. Of or pertaining to a spire; like a spire, tall, slender, and tapering; abounding in spires; as, spiry turrets.
  3. Of a spiral form; wreathed; curled; serpentine. Hid in the spiry volumes of the snake. Dryden. Of or pertaining to a spire; like a spire, tall, slender, and tapering; abounding in spires; as, spiry turrets. "Spiry towns." Thomson.
  4. Of a spiral form; wreathed; curled; serpentine.Hid in the spiry volumes of the snake. Dryden.
  5. a. Of a spiral form; wreathed; curled; serpentine. a. Of or pertaining to a spire; like a spire, tall, slender, and tapering; abounding in spires; as, spiry turrets.