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Webster 1913 Edition
Spiry
Spir′y
,Adj.
[From
Spire
a winding line.] Of a spiral form; wreathed; curled; serpentine.
Hid in the
spiry
volumes of the snake. Dryden.
Spir′y
,Adj.
[FR.
Spire
a steeple.] Of or pertaining to a spire; like a spire, tall, slender, and tapering; abounding in spires;
“Spiry towns.” as,
. spiry
turretsThomson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Spiry
SPIRY
,Adj.
1.
Of a spiral form; wreathed; curled; as the spiry volumes of a serpent.2.
Having the form of a pyramid; pyramidical; as spiry turrets.