What does "spiry" mean?
Spiry: Of a spiral form; wreathed; curled; serpentine. Hid in the spiry volumes of the snake. Dryden.
Additional senses
- 2.Of or pertaining to a spire; like a spire, tall, slender, and tapering; abounding in spires; as, spiry turrets. "Spiry towns." Thomson.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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