spiring

Variant of spire

noun

  1. a spiral or coil
  2. any of the convolutions of a spiral or coil
  3. Zool. the upper part of a spiral shell of a gastropod

Origin: Fr < L spira < Gr speira < IE base *sper-, to turn, wrap > Latvian sprangāt, to lace up

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