adv. ? Obs. [f. SPIRE sb.1 + -WISE.] In the manner of a tapering spire; pyramidally.
1610. Guillim, Heraldry, II. vi. (1611), 56. A Cheveron is an ordinary formed of a two fold line spirewise or pyramidall.
1658. Rowland, trans. Moufet’s Theat. Ins., 930. Some of them build their nests spire wise out of clay.
1683. Lorrain, trans. Muret’s Rites Funeral, 38. A kind of Square Tower,… and on the top of it were four little Towers made Taper or Spire-wise.
