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SPIRE
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Spirewell in Devon or some other similarly named place.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a tall, thin man, from Middle English spir ‘stalk’, ‘stem’. This was apparently used as a personal name or byname, in view of the fact that there are patronymic derivatives. In some Middle English dialects this word also denoted reeds, and the surname may in part have been originally a topographic name for someone who lived in a marshy area. The application to a church steeple is not attested before the 16th century, and is not a likely source of the surname.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Spiro.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Spire 1.
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Girl/Female
Hindu
Goddess Durga
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Leading to Victory
Boy/Male
Tamil
A name of Lord Shiva, One who has matted hair
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from the Middle English personal name Wikke (see Wick 2).
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Mythological, Sanskrit, Telugu
Master of Elephant; Lord Ganesha
Girl/Female
Indian
Strong
Girl/Female
Latin American Russian
True.
Boy/Male
English Greek
Crown; wreath. From biblical Stephen, the first Christian martyr.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
New Flame; Light
Girl/Female
Muslim
Precious. Delicate. Gem.
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a.
Of or pertaining to a spire; like a spire, tall, slender, and tapering; abounding in spires; as, spiry turrets.
n.
A vane, or weather vane; -- so called because originally often in the figure of a cock, turning on the top of a spire with the wind, and showing its direction.
n.
The body of a column; the cylindrical pillar between the capital and base (see Illust. of Column). Also, the part of a chimney above the roof. Also, the spire of a steeple.
n.
A spiral; a curl; a whorl; a twist.
a.
Top-shaped; having a flat base and conical spire; -- said of certain shells.
a.
Having a spire; being in the form of a spire; as, a spired steeple.
n. & v.
A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.
n.
Any one of several species of large wading birds of the family Ciconidae, having long legs and a long, pointed bill. They are found both in the Old World and in America, and belong to Ciconia and several allied genera. The European white stork (Ciconia alba) is the best known. It commonly makes its nests on the top of a building, a chimney, a church spire, or a pillar. The black stork (C. nigra) is native of Asia, Africa, and Europe.
n.
The highest part of anything; the upper end, edge, or extremity; the upper side or surface; summit; apex; vertex; cover; lid; as, the top of a spire; the top of a house; the top of a mountain; the top of the ground.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Spire
n.
A genus of marine gastropods having a long, tapering spire. They belong to the Toxoglossa. Called also auger shell.
a.
Shooting up in a spire or spires.
n.
A spire; also, the tower and spire taken together; the whole of a structure if the roof is of spire form. See Spire.
v. i.
To shoot forth, or up in, or as if in, a spire.
n.
A column, an obelisk, or other spire-shaped or columnar monument.
imp. & p. p.
of Spire
n.
A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower; -- called also sconce, and sconcheon.
n.
The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
n.
A slender stalk or blade in vegetation; as, a spire grass or of wheat.
n.
The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole. See Spiral, n.