Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Spiring"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spire \Spire\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Spired}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Spiring}.]
To shoot forth, or up in, or as if in, a spire. --Emerson.
It is not so apt to spire up as the other sorts, being
more inclined to branch into arms. --Mortimer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spiring \Spir"ing\, a.
Shooting up in a spire or spires. ``The spiring grass.''
--Dryton.
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