spiryadj.¹

/ˈspʌɪəri/

Forms: Also 1600s spirie.

Etymology: < spire n.¹

a. Of grass or other plants, stems, etc.: Forming slender pointed shoots.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > [adjective] > standing or spiring

standingc1384

upright1597

spiry1602

spiring1612

spired1834

1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 5^v The middle part of the Shire..beareth Heath and spirie Grasse.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §592 As for the Leaues, their Density appeareth, in that, either they are Smooth and Shining,..Or in that they are Hard and Spiry.

1703 N. Rowe Ulysses ii. i When ev'ry spiry Grass, and painted Flow'r, Is hung with pearly Drops of Heav'nly Rain.

1764 Museum Rusticum 1 453 The oat-stubble, the sedge, or long lowland spiry grass.

1794 T. Gisborne Walks in Forest vi. 44 Spiry rushes in divergent files Rise fledged with rhime.

1805–6 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Inferno ii. 129 As florets..Rise all unfolded on their spiry stems.

1834 T. Pringle Afr. Sketches vii. 232 Waving with a crop of long spiry grass.

1865 Cornhill Mag. May 629 The spiry reed, that bare..The sponge of vinegar and gall.

b. Of trees: Rising in a slender tapering form without much branching.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by habit > [adjective] > spring

spiry1664

spiring1707

spiral1729

1664 J. Evelyn Pomona viii. 20 in Sylva If the Top prove spiry, or the fruit unkind, then the due remedy must be in re-graffing.

1712 A. Pope Messiah in Spectator No. 350 Waste sandy Vallies..The spiry Firr and shapely Box adorn.

1740 J. Dyer Ruins of Rome 4 Through spiry Cypress Groves, and tow'ring Pine.

1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 570 The spiry myrtle..Shines there, and flourishes.

1815 W. Wordsworth Poems I. 232 A knot of spiry trees for ages grew From out the tomb.

1843 tr. A. L. L. de Custine Empire of Czar II. 279 The marshes with their spiry pines and stunted birches.

1879 R. L. Stevenson Trav. with Donkey 125 A range of meadows, set with spiry poplars.

in combination.1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. §105 Firs, or pines, or other spiry topped trees.

2. Having the characteristic form of a spire; tapering up to a point:

a. Of parts of buildings.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > [adjective] > at the top > like a spire or obelisk

steeply1551

steepled1600

spired1612

obelisk1638

spiral1658

spiry1664

spirous1841

obeliscoid1877

1664 J. Evelyn Acct. Archit. in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. 140 Pinnæ and Batlements were made sometimes more sharp, Towring or Spiry.

1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 2 Sharp and spiry Battlements, or Pinacles.

a1748 J. Thomson Poems Several Occasions (1750) 24 I just may cast my careless eyes Where London's spiry turrets rise.

1803 J. Porter Thaddeus of Warsaw (1826) III. xi. 244 The spiry aisles of Harrowby-Abbey were discernible through the mist.

1823 Gifford in Q. Rev. 29 369 The village church, with its spiry steeple.

b. Of hills, rocks, etc.

ΚΠ

1694 E. Chamberlayne Angliæ Notitia (ed. 18) i. 35 Carnarvanshire.., with spiry Hills, the highest in all Wales.

1786 W. Gilpin Observ. Mountains & Lakes Cumberland II. 229 A solitary rock, tho spiry, has often a good effect.

1811 J. Pinkerton Mod. Geogr. (ed. 3) 281 The spiry pinnacles of rock that rear themselves from among the perpetual snows..of the higher Alps.

1840 F. D. Bennett Narr. Whaling Voy. II. 45 Two spiry cliffs..bound the lake on opposite sides.

1889 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 25 205/1 The sea..leaving on the outskirts..numerous stacks, islets, and spiry rocks.

c. In miscellaneous applications.

ΚΠ

1716 J. Gay Trivia iii. 76 The spiry Flames now lift aloft their Heads.

1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey III. x. 175 A stream of curling smoke ascending blue, And spiry tops.

1791 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. I i. 99 Loud o'er the camp the Fiend of Famine shrieks,..High-poised in air her spiry neck she bends.

1805 J. Luccock Nature & Prop. Wool 306 Some samples..were very kempy, with coarse and spiry tops to the staple.

1819 H. Busk Vestriad v. 468 Spiry lance of dark and polish'd wood.

1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust II. v. iv. 353 Soon the climbing, spiry flashes Set the tree-tops in a glow.

3. Of form: Resembling that of a spire.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > [adjective]

piked1269

pointedc1325

sharp1340

peakedc1350

pricked?a1425

sharp-pointed1530

acuatea1550

piquant1549

picked1552

corned?c1562

arrow-headed1567

acuminated1578

pointing1578

acute1598

exasperated1608

spitted1626

pointy1644

sagittal1656

pecked1662

piqued1689

spired1694

piky1741

spiky1743

spiry1777

apexed1813

beak-shaped1830

peaky1832

apiculated1839

cusped1888

sagittiform1895

cuspate1896

1777 G. Forster Voy. round World I. 253 The mountains, clothed with forests, rose majestic in various spiry forms.

1789 C. Smith Ethelinde ( ed. 2) V. x. 218 A group of yew and cypress relieved, by their spiry forms, the more solid and regular mass of stone.

1842 P. J. Selby Brit. Forest Trees 521 When young, the Cedar presents a pyramidal or spiry form.

1865 A. Geikie Scenery & Geol. Scotl. viii. 219 The height and the angular spiry forms of the mountain ridges.

4. Of places: Full of spires; spire-crowned.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > [adjective] > other types of town or city

spiry1744

steepled1837

timbery1859

millionaire1864

steeple-roofedc1870

congested district1883

twinned1957

Motopian1961

1744 J. Thomson Spring in Seasons (new ed.) 41 Spiry Towns by dusky Columns mark'd Of rising Smoak.

1757 J. Dyer Fleece i. 6 The leas And ruddy tilth, which spiry Ross beholds.

1860 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters V. 189 The group of spires, without it, would not..give a proper impression of Lausanne, as a spiry place.

1879 R. L. Stevenson Edinburgh x. 39 The spiry habitable city.

5. slang. Highly distinguished.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [adjective]

mereeOE

athelOE

couthOE

brightOE

namecundc1175

outnumenc1175

noble?c1225

ketec1275

sheenc1275

tirfulc1275

glorious13..

losedc1305

of great renownc1330

glorifieda1340

worthly or worthy in wonea1350

clearc1374

nameda1382

solemna1387

renomeda1393

famous?a1400

renomé?a1400

renowneda1400

notedc1400

of (great, high, etc.) name?c1430

celebrate?1440

namely1440

famosec1449

honourable?c1450

notedc1450

parent?c1450

glorificatec1460

heroical?a1475

insignite?a1475

magnific1490

well-fameda1492

exemie1497

singular1497

preclare1503

magnificential1506

laureate1508

illustre?a1513

illustred1512

magnificent1513

preclared1530

grand1542

celebrated1549

heroicc1550

lustrantc1550

magnifical1557

illustrate1562

expectablec1565

ennobled1571

laurel1579

nominated1581

famosed1582

perspicuous1582

big1587

famed1595

uplifted1596

illustrious1598

celebrousc1600

luculent1600

celebrious1604

fameful1605

famoused1606

renownful1606

bruitful1609

eminent1611

insignious1620

clarousa1636

far-fameda1640

top1647

grandee1648

signalized1652

noscible1653

splendid1660

voiced1661

gloried1671

laurelled1683

distinguished1714

distinct1756

lustrious1769

trumpeted1775

spiry1825

world-famous1832

galactic1902

tycoonish1958

mega1987

1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. I. 229 Mr. Abberly used to think it quite spiry to wear a white hat and sit upon the coach-box and drive them himself on Sundays.

6. Characterized by slenderness or slimness of growth or form.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > slenderness > [adjective]

subtlea1382

subtilea1393

subtilec1392

smiltc1400

fine?a1425

thina1425

exile?1440

slender1444

tenuious1495

jimp?a1513

lenye1513

fine-spuna1555

nice1567

spindled1584

gracile1590

snever1640

tenuous1656

slim1657

gracilious1688

gracilent1727

twittery1819

flitterya1834

attenuate1848

spiry1849

low-profile1906

matchlike1906

slimline1949

1849 R. S. Surtees Soapey Sponge's Sporting Tour xxii, in New Monthly Magazine Aug. 511 The light spiry ease of an animal full of strength and running.

1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports i. xi. i. 97/1 It would be impossible..to distinguish a large spiry foxhound from one of the smallest and lightest of her Majesty's beautiful pack [of staghounds].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	spiry
释义	spiryadj.¹ /ˈspʌɪəri/ Forms: Also 1600s spirie. Etymology: < spire n.¹ 1. a. Of grass or other plants, stems, etc.: Forming slender pointed shoots. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > [adjective] > standing or spiring standingc1384 upright1597 spiry1602 spiring1612 spired1834 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 5^v The middle part of the Shire..beareth Heath and spirie Grasse. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §592 As for the Leaues, their Density appeareth, in that, either they are Smooth and Shining,..Or in that they are Hard and Spiry. 1703 N. Rowe Ulysses ii. i When ev'ry spiry Grass, and painted Flow'r, Is hung with pearly Drops of Heav'nly Rain. 1764 Museum Rusticum 1 453 The oat-stubble, the sedge, or long lowland spiry grass. 1794 T. Gisborne Walks in Forest vi. 44 Spiry rushes in divergent files Rise fledged with rhime. 1805–6 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Inferno ii. 129 As florets..Rise all unfolded on their spiry stems. 1834 T. Pringle Afr. Sketches vii. 232 Waving with a crop of long spiry grass. 1865 Cornhill Mag. May 629 The spiry reed, that bare..The sponge of vinegar and gall. b. Of trees: Rising in a slender tapering form without much branching. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by habit > [adjective] > spring spiry1664 spiring1707 spiral1729 1664 J. Evelyn Pomona viii. 20 in Sylva If the Top prove spiry, or the fruit unkind, then the due remedy must be in re-graffing. 1712 A. Pope Messiah in Spectator No. 350 Waste sandy Vallies..The spiry Firr and shapely Box adorn. 1740 J. Dyer Ruins of Rome 4 Through spiry Cypress Groves, and tow'ring Pine. 1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 570 The spiry myrtle..Shines there, and flourishes. 1815 W. Wordsworth Poems I. 232 A knot of spiry trees for ages grew From out the tomb. 1843 tr. A. L. L. de Custine Empire of Czar II. 279 The marshes with their spiry pines and stunted birches. 1879 R. L. Stevenson Trav. with Donkey 125 A range of meadows, set with spiry poplars. in combination.1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. §105 Firs, or pines, or other spiry topped trees. 2. Having the characteristic form of a spire; tapering up to a point: a. Of parts of buildings. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > [adjective] > at the top > like a spire or obelisk steeply1551 steepled1600 spired1612 obelisk1638 spiral1658 spiry1664 spirous1841 obeliscoid1877 1664 J. Evelyn Acct. Archit. in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. 140 Pinnæ and Batlements were made sometimes more sharp, Towring or Spiry. 1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 2 Sharp and spiry Battlements, or Pinacles. a1748 J. Thomson Poems Several Occasions (1750) 24 I just may cast my careless eyes Where London's spiry turrets rise. 1803 J. Porter Thaddeus of Warsaw (1826) III. xi. 244 The spiry aisles of Harrowby-Abbey were discernible through the mist. 1823 Gifford in Q. Rev. 29 369 The village church, with its spiry steeple. b. Of hills, rocks, etc. ΚΠ 1694 E. Chamberlayne Angliæ Notitia (ed. 18) i. 35 Carnarvanshire.., with spiry Hills, the highest in all Wales. 1786 W. Gilpin Observ. Mountains & Lakes Cumberland II. 229 A solitary rock, tho spiry, has often a good effect. 1811 J. Pinkerton Mod. Geogr. (ed. 3) 281 The spiry pinnacles of rock that rear themselves from among the perpetual snows..of the higher Alps. 1840 F. D. Bennett Narr. Whaling Voy. II. 45 Two spiry cliffs..bound the lake on opposite sides. 1889 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 25 205/1 The sea..leaving on the outskirts..numerous stacks, islets, and spiry rocks. c. In miscellaneous applications. ΚΠ 1716 J. Gay Trivia iii. 76 The spiry Flames now lift aloft their Heads. 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey III. x. 175 A stream of curling smoke ascending blue, And spiry tops. 1791 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. I i. 99 Loud o'er the camp the Fiend of Famine shrieks,..High-poised in air her spiry neck she bends. 1805 J. Luccock Nature & Prop. Wool 306 Some samples..were very kempy, with coarse and spiry tops to the staple. 1819 H. Busk Vestriad v. 468 Spiry lance of dark and polish'd wood. 1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust II. v. iv. 353 Soon the climbing, spiry flashes Set the tree-tops in a glow. 3. Of form: Resembling that of a spire. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > [adjective] piked1269 pointedc1325 sharp1340 peakedc1350 pricked?a1425 sharp-pointed1530 acuatea1550 piquant1549 picked1552 corned?c1562 arrow-headed1567 acuminated1578 pointing1578 acute1598 exasperated1608 spitted1626 pointy1644 sagittal1656 pecked1662 piqued1689 spired1694 piky1741 spiky1743 spiry1777 apexed1813 beak-shaped1830 peaky1832 apiculated1839 cusped1888 sagittiform1895 cuspate1896 1777 G. Forster Voy. round World I. 253 The mountains, clothed with forests, rose majestic in various spiry forms. 1789 C. Smith Ethelinde ( ed. 2) V. x. 218 A group of yew and cypress relieved, by their spiry forms, the more solid and regular mass of stone. 1842 P. J. Selby Brit. Forest Trees 521 When young, the Cedar presents a pyramidal or spiry form. 1865 A. Geikie Scenery & Geol. Scotl. viii. 219 The height and the angular spiry forms of the mountain ridges. 4. Of places: Full of spires; spire-crowned. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > [adjective] > other types of town or city spiry1744 steepled1837 timbery1859 millionaire1864 steeple-roofedc1870 congested district1883 twinned1957 Motopian1961 1744 J. Thomson Spring in Seasons (new ed.) 41 Spiry Towns by dusky Columns mark'd Of rising Smoak. 1757 J. Dyer Fleece i. 6 The leas And ruddy tilth, which spiry Ross beholds. 1860 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters V. 189 The group of spires, without it, would not..give a proper impression of Lausanne, as a spiry place. 1879 R. L. Stevenson Edinburgh x. 39 The spiry habitable city. 5. slang. Highly distinguished. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [adjective] mereeOE athelOE couthOE brightOE namecundc1175 outnumenc1175 noble?c1225 ketec1275 sheenc1275 tirfulc1275 glorious13.. losedc1305 of great renownc1330 glorifieda1340 worthly or worthy in wonea1350 clearc1374 nameda1382 solemna1387 renomeda1393 famous?a1400 renomé?a1400 renowneda1400 notedc1400 of (great, high, etc.) name?c1430 celebrate?1440 namely1440 famosec1449 honourable?c1450 notedc1450 parent?c1450 glorificatec1460 heroical?a1475 insignite?a1475 magnific1490 well-fameda1492 exemie1497 singular1497 preclare1503 magnificential1506 laureate1508 illustre?a1513 illustred1512 magnificent1513 preclared1530 grand1542 celebrated1549 heroicc1550 lustrantc1550 magnifical1557 illustrate1562 expectablec1565 ennobled1571 laurel1579 nominated1581 famosed1582 perspicuous1582 big1587 famed1595 uplifted1596 illustrious1598 celebrousc1600 luculent1600 celebrious1604 fameful1605 famoused1606 renownful1606 bruitful1609 eminent1611 insignious1620 clarousa1636 far-fameda1640 top1647 grandee1648 signalized1652 noscible1653 splendid1660 voiced1661 gloried1671 laurelled1683 distinguished1714 distinct1756 lustrious1769 trumpeted1775 spiry1825 world-famous1832 galactic1902 tycoonish1958 mega1987 1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. I. 229 Mr. Abberly used to think it quite spiry to wear a white hat and sit upon the coach-box and drive them himself on Sundays. 6. Characterized by slenderness or slimness of growth or form. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > slenderness > [adjective] subtlea1382 subtilea1393 subtilec1392 smiltc1400 fine?a1425 thina1425 exile?1440 slender1444 tenuious1495 jimp?a1513 lenye1513 fine-spuna1555 nice1567 spindled1584 gracile1590 snever1640 tenuous1656 slim1657 gracilious1688 gracilent1727 twittery1819 flitterya1834 attenuate1848 spiry1849 low-profile1906 matchlike1906 slimline1949 1849 R. S. Surtees Soapey Sponge's Sporting Tour xxii, in New Monthly Magazine Aug. 511 The light spiry ease of an animal full of strength and running. 1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports i. xi. i. 97/1 It would be impossible..to distinguish a large spiry foxhound from one of the smallest and lightest of her Majesty's beautiful pack [of staghounds]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). spiryadj.² Brit. /ˈspʌɪri/, U.S. /ˈspaɪri/ Etymology: < spire n.³ Curving or coiling in spirals. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [adjective] > spiral or helical twine1551 snailing1615 spireda1625 involved1665 spiralled1665 screwlike1675 spiry1677 voluted1801 corkscrew1815 screwed1821 volute1839 spiriform1841 volutiform1843 spiring1871 corkscrewy1886 turbaned1924 spiralized1928 spiralizing1977 1677 J. Dryden State Innocence iv. i. 29 Hid in the spiry volumes of the snake, I lurk'd within the covert of a Brake. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 59 Around our Pole the spiry Dragon glides. View more context for this quotation 1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 619 On spiry volumes there a Dragon rides. 1798 W. Sotheby tr. C. M. Wieland Oberon v. xlv. 159 Soft thro' the ivory flows his gentle breath, And from its spiry folds sweet fairy tones ascend. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.¹1602adj.²1677
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