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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Spiring \Spir"ing\, adjective Shooting up in a spire or spires. ''The spiring grass.'' --Dryton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Spire \Spire\, verb (used without an object) [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.
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