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A name given to several species of crowfoot which have spear-shaped leaves.

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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
  • SPEARMAN
    One who is armed with a spear. Acts xxiii. 23.
  • SPECIES
    A group of individuals agreeing in common attributes, and designated by a common name; a conception subordinated to another conception, called a genus, or generic conception, from which it differs in containing or comprehending more attributes,
  • 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.
  • SPEARHEAD
    The pointed head, or end, of a spear.
  • 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,
  • SPEARWORT
    A name given to several species of crowfoot which have spear-shaped leaves.
  • SPEARY
    Having the form of a spear.
  • 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
  • SEVERAL
    1. Each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an individual. There was not time enough to hear . . . The severals. Shak. 2. Persons oe objects, more than two, but not very many. Several of them neither rose from any conspicuous family, nor
  • SEVERALITY
    Each particular taken singly; distinction. Bp. Hall.
  • SEVERALLY
    Separately; distinctly; apart from others; individually. There must be an auditor to check and revise each severally by itself. De Quincey.
  • SHAPOO
    The oörial.
  • SPEAR
    1. A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a sharp head or blade; a lance. Note: "A sharp ground spear." Chaucer. They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears
  • SPEARMINT
    A species of mint growing in moist soil. It vields an aromatic oil. See Mint, and Mentha.
  • SEVERALTY
    A state of separation from the rest, or from all others; a holding by individual right. Forests which had never been owned in severalty. Bancroft. Estate in severalty , an estate which the tenant holds in his own right, without being joined in
  • GIVEN
    p. p. & a. from Give, v.
  • 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.
  • SEVERALIZE
    To distinguish.
  • 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.
  • FIDDLE-SHAPED
    Inversely ovate, with a deep hollow on each side. Gray.
  • PARKLEAVES
    A European species of Saint John's-wort; the tutsan. See Tutsan.
  • WATER CROWFOOT
    An aquatic kind of buttercup , used as food for cattle in parts of England. Great water crowfoot, an American water plant , having deep yellow flowers.
  • 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.
  • VASE-SHAPED
    Formed like a vase, or like a common flowerpot.
  • SHAKESPEAREAN
    Of, pertaining to, or in the style of, Shakespeare or his

 

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