spiry

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: spir=y

CIDE DICTIONARY

spiry, a. [From Spire a winding line.].

 Of a spiral form; wreathed; curled; serpentine.  [1913 Webster]
"Hid in the spiry volumes of the snake."  [1913 Webster]

spiry, a. [FR. Spire a steeple.].

 Of or pertaining to a spire; like a spire, tall, slender, and tapering; abounding in spires; as, spiry turrets.  Thomson.  [1913 Webster]