Definition of shape

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Shape (n.) A rolled or hammered piece, as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar..

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Clavicorn :: Clavicorn (a.) Having club-shaped antennae. See Antenna.
Omniform :: Omniform (a.) Having every form or shape.
Vermicular :: Vermicular (a.) Of or pertaining to a worm or worms; resembling a worm; shaped like a worm; especially, resembling the motion or track of a worm; as, the vermicular, or peristaltic, motion of the intestines. See Peristaltic..
Dicentra :: Dicentra (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants, with racemes of two-spurred or heart-shaped flowers, including the Dutchman's breeches, and the more showy Bleeding heart (D. spectabilis)..
Quarrel :: Quarrel (n.) A four-sided cutting tool or chisel having a diamond-shaped end.
Train :: Train (v. t.) To lead or direct, and form to a wall or espalier; to form to a proper shape, by bending, lopping, or pruning; as, to train young trees..
Bloom :: Bloom (n.) A mass of wrought iron from the Catalan forge or from the puddling furnace, deprived of its dross, and shaped usually in the form of an oblong block by shingling..
Lenticel :: Lenticel (n.) A small, lens-shaped gland on the under side of some leaves..
Pat :: Pat (n.) A small mass, as of butter, shaped by pats..
Screw :: Screw (n.) Anything shaped or acting like a screw; esp., a form of wheel for propelling steam vessels. It is placed at the stern, and furnished with blades having helicoidal surfaces to act against the water in the manner of a screw. See Screw propeller, below..
Figure :: Figure (n.) The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.
Barghest :: Barghest (n.) A goblin, in the shape of a large dog, portending misfortune..
Knee :: Knee (n.) A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.
Crescent :: Crescent (n.) Anything having the shape of a crescent or new moon.
Oddness :: Oddness (n.) Singularity; strangeness; eccentricity; irregularity; uncouthness; as, the oddness of dress or shape; the oddness of an event..
Shapely :: Shapely (superl.) Well-formed; having a regular shape; comely; symmetrical.
Bournonite :: Bournonite (n.) A mineral of a steel-gray to black color and metallic luster, occurring crystallized, often in twin crystals shaped like cogwheels (wheel ore), also massive. It is a sulphide of antimony, lead, and copper..
Lyriferous :: Lyriferous (a.) Having a lyre-shaped shoulder girdle, as certain fishes..
Pisiform :: Pisiform (a.) Resembling a pea or peas in size and shape; as, a pisiform iron ore..
Die :: Die (n.) A metal or plate (often one of a pair) so cut or shaped as to give a certain desired form to, or impress any desired device on, an object or surface, by pressure or by a blow; used in forging metals, coining, striking up sheet metal, etc..
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