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.
• PARACOROLLA
  A secondary or inner corolla; a corona, as of the Narcissus.
• 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.
• 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