Defn: Having the color spots, or structural parts, arranged spirally.
SPIRY
Spir"y, a. Etym: [From Spire a winding line.]
Defn: Of a spiral form; wreathed; curled; serpentine.
Hid in the spiry volumes of the snake. Dryden.
SPIRY
Spir"y, a. Etym: [FR. Spire a steeple.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to a spire; like a spire, tall, slender, and tapering; abounding in spires; as, spiry turrets. "Spiry towns." Thomson.
SPISS
Spiss, a. Etym: [L. spissus.]
Defn: Thick; crowded; compact; dense. [Obs.]
This spiss and . . . copious, yet concise, treatise. Brerewood.
SPISSATED
Spis"sa*ted, a.
Defn: Rendered dense or compact, as by evaporation; inspissated;
thickened. [R.]
The spissated juice of the poppy. Bp. Warburton.
SPISSITUDE
Spis"si*tude, n. Etym: [L. spissitudo.]