spire

Definitions

• (now) The stalk or stem of a plant.
• A young shoot of a plant; a spear.
• Any of various tall grasses, rushes, or sedges, such as the marram, the reed canary-grass, etc.
• A sharp or tapering point.
• A tapering structure built on a roof or tower, especially as one of the central architectural features of a church or cathedral roof.
• The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
• (mining) A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the charge in blasting.