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A stone in a building, left rough and projecting, to be afterward carved into shape. Gwilt.

Having the nose bottleshaped, or large at the end. Dickens.

Having the shape of a bottle; protuberant. Shak.

don in the same bottoms in which they were shipped. Bancroft. Full bottom, a hull of such shape as permits carrying a large amount of merchandise.

Having the shape of a sausage. Henslow.

l-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.

Resembling an ox in form; ox-shaped. [R.]

The U-shaped piece which embraces the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.

A trap for lobsters, being a wickerwork cylinder with a funnel- shaped entrance at one end.

h carries a pencil, or a pen, for drawing circles. Its legs are often connected by a bow- shaped spring, instead of by a joint.

A receptacle or case of any firm material and of various shapes.

A piece or combination of pieces, usually triangular in general shape, projecting from, or fastened to, a wall, or other surface, to support heavy bodies or to strengthen angles.

An oval or pearshaped diamond having its entire surface cut in triangular facets.

To shape roughly, as a block of stone, by chiseling with a coarse tool. [Scot. & North of Eng.]

used for boards, scantling, shingles, etc; -- sometimes called the almond tree, from the shape of its fruit.

A peculiar brad-shaped spike, to be driven alongside the end of an abutting timber to prevent its slipping.

purposes, as in removing dust from clothes, laying on colors, etc. Brushes have different shapes and names according to their use; as, clothes brush, paint brush, tooth brush, etc.

tupid nature; coarse; unfeeling; unintelligent. O, let all provocation Take every brutish shape it can devise. Leigh Hunt. Man may . . . render himself brutish, but it is in vain that he would seek to take the rank and density of the brute. I. Taylor.

Shaped or sounding like a trumpet; trumpetlike.

A kind of shield, of various shapes and sizes, worn on one of the arms (usually the left) for protecting the front of the body.