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  1. 1. v. i. To breathe. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A slender stalk or blade in vegetation; as, a spire grass or of wheat. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. 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. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the chargen in blasting. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit. Source: opted
  6. 6. v. i. To shoot forth, or up in, or as if in, a spire. Source: opted
  7. 7. n. A spiral; a curl; a whorl; a twist. Source: opted
  8. 8. n. The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole. See Spiral, n. Source: opted
  9. 9. n. a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top Source: wordnet
  10. 10. n:100 n a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top Source: ecdict

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