Word Meanings - MASTHOUSE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A building in which vessels' masts are shaped, fitted, etc.

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• SHAPE
  is from the strong verb, AS. scieppan, scyppan, sceppan, p. p. 1. To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to. I was shapen in iniquity. Ps. li. 5. Grace shaped her limbs, and
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• SHAPER
  1. One who shapes; as, the shaper of one's fortunes. The secret of those old shapers died with them. Lowell. 2. That which shapes; a machine for giving a particular form or outline to an object. Specifically; A kind of planer in which the tool,
• SHAPELY
  1. Well-formed; having a regular shape; comely; symmetrical. T. Warton. Waste sandy valleys, once perplexed with thorn, The spiry fir and shapely box adorn. Pope. Where the shapely column stood. Couper. 2. Fit; suitable. Shaply for to
• SHAPOO
  The oörial.
• BUILDING
  1. The act of constructing, erecting, or establishing. Hence it is that the building of our Sion rises no faster. Bp. Hall. 2. The art of constructing edifices, or the practice of civil architecture. The execution of works of architecture
• FITTEDNESS
  The state or quality of being fitted; adaptation. Dr. H. More.
• SHAPELESS
  Destitute of shape or regular form; wanting symmetry of dimensions; misshapen; -- opposed to Ant: shapely. -- Shape"less*ness, n. The shapeless rock, or hanging precipice. Pope.
• FITTING
  Anything used in fitting up; especially ,
• BUILDER
  One who builds; one whose occupation is to build, as a carpenter, a shipwright, or a mason. In the practice of civil architecture, the builder comes between the architect who designs the work and the artisans who execute it. Eng. Cyc.
• FITTABLE
  Suitable; fit. Sherwood.
• BUILD
  1. To exercise the art, or practice the business, of building. 2. To rest or depend, as on a foundation; to ground one's self or one's hopes or opinions upon something deemed reliable; to rely; as, to build on the opinions or advice of others.
• FITT
  See FIT
• FITTER
  1. One who fits or makes to fit; esp.: One who tries on, and adjusts, articles of dress. One who fits or adjusts the different parts of machinery to each other. 2. A coal broker who conducts the sales between the owner of a coal pit and the
• SHAPABLE
  1. That may be shaped. 2. Shapely. "Round and shapable." De Foe.
• SHAPELINESS
  The quality or state of being shapely.
• SHAPS
  Chaparajos. A pair of gorgeous buckskin shaps, embroidered up the sides and adorned with innumerable ermine skins. The Century.
• MISHAPPEN
  To happen ill or unluckily. Spenser.
• SPINDLE-SHAPED
  Thickest in the middle, and tapering to both ends; fusiform; -- applied chiefly to roots. (more info) 1. Having the shape of a spindle.
• DIAMOND-SHAPED
  Shaped like a diamond or rhombus.
• STRAP-SHAPED
  Shaped like a strap; ligulate; as, a strap-shaped corolla.
• AWL-SHAPED
  Subulate. See Subulate. Gray. (more info) 1. Shaped like an awl.
• SWORD-SHAPED
  Shaped like a sword; ensiform, as the long, flat leaves of the Iris, cattail, and the like.
• SHIPBUILDER
  A person whose occupation is to construct ships and other vessels; a naval architect; a shipwright.
• FIDDLE-SHAPED
  Inversely ovate, with a deep hollow on each side. Gray.
• OUTBUILD
  To exceed in building, or in durability of building.
• OUTFITTER
  One who furnishes outfits for a voyage, a journey, or a business.
• OVERBUILD
  1. To build over. Milton. 2. To build too much; to build beyond the demand.
• PEAR-SHAPED
  Of the form of a pear.
• UNDERBUILDER
  A subordinate or assistant builder. An underbuilder in the house of God. Jer. Taylor.
• REBUILDER
  One who rebuilds. Bp. Bull.
• EGG-SHAPED
  Resembling an egg in form; ovoid.
• LATH-SHAPED
  Having a slender elongated form, like a lath; -- said of the feldspar of certain igneous rocks, as diabase, as seen in microscopic sections.
• VASE-SHAPED
  Formed like a vase, or like a common flowerpot.