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Word Meanings - STRAP-SHAPED - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Shaped like a strap; ligulate; as, a strap-shaped corolla.

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  • STRAPPING
    Tall; strong; lusty; large; as, a strapping fellow. There are five and thirty strapping officers gone. Farquhar.
  • STRAP-SHAPED
    Shaped like a strap; ligulate; as, a strap-shaped corolla.
  • LIGULATE; LIGULATED
    Like a bandage, or strap; strap-shaped. 2. Composed of ligules. Ligulate flower, a species of compound flower, the florets of which have their corollets flat, spreading out toward the end, with the base only tubular.
  • 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
  • COROLLATE; COROLLATED
    Having a corolla or corollas; like a corolla.
  • 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
  • STRAPPLE
    To hold or bind with, or as with, a strap; to entangle. Chapman.
  • SHAPOO
    The oörial.
  • STRAPWORK
    A kind of ornament consisting of a narrow fillet or band folded, crossed, and interlaced.
  • 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.
  • COROLLACEOUS
    Pertaining to, or resembling, a corolla; having the form or texture of a corolla.
  • COROLLA
    The inner envelope of a flower; the part which surrounds the organs of fructification, consisting of one or more leaves, called petals. It is usually distinguished from the calyx by the fineness of its texture and the gayness of its colors. See
  • STRAPPADO
    A military punishment formerly practiced, which consisted in drawing an offender to the top of a beam and letting him fall to the length of the rope, by which means a limb was often dislocated. Shak. (more info) strappado, from strappare to pull,
  • COROLLARY
    1. That which is given beyond what is actually due, as a garland of flowers in addition to wages; surplus; something added or superfluous. Now come, my Ariel; bring a corollary, Rather than want a spirit. Shak. 2. Something which follows from 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.
  • STRAPPER
    1. One who uses strap. 2. A person or thing of uncommon size.
  • STRAP
    A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine. (more info) 1. A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like; specifically, a strip of thick leather used in flogging. A lively cobbler that
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • FIDDLE-SHAPED
    Inversely ovate, with a deep hollow on each side. Gray.
  • PEAR-SHAPED
    Of the form of a pear.
  • 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.
  • PARACOROLLA
    A secondary or inner corolla; a corona, as of the Narcissus.
  • VASE-SHAPED
    Formed like a vase, or like a common flowerpot.
  • SHIPSHAPE
    Arranged in a manner befitting a ship; hence, trim; tidy; orderly. Even then she expressed her scorn for the lubbery executioner's mode of tying a knot, and did it herself in a shipshape orthodox manner. De Quincey. Keep everything shipshape, for

 

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