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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.

One who shapes; as, the shaper of one's fortunes. The secret of those old shapers died with them. Lowell.

r 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 I must go Tennyson.

A place baited with chaff to entice birds. [Written also scrap.] [Obs.] Bp. Bedell.

A name for the one of the fancy sails alleged to have been sometimes set above the skysail. [Obs.]

Slippery; smooth; crafty; hypocritical. [Prov. Eng.] Slape ale, plain ale, as opposed to medicated or mixed ale. [Prov. Eng.]

A soft-spoken, crafty hypocrite. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

To bevel the end of a timber to fit against an inclined surface.

A small, insignificant fellow. [Colloq.]

Having the shape of a spindle.

Of or pertaining to stapes.

An extensive and curious genus of African plants of the natural order Asclepiadaceæ (Milkweed family). They are succulent plants without leaves, frequently covered with dark tubercles giving them a very grotesque appearance. The odor of the blossoms is like that of carrion.

The innermost of the ossicles of the ear; the stirrup, or stirrup bone; -- so called from its form. See Illust. of Ear.

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

The shape of a member especially adapted to structural purposes, esp. in giving the greatest strength with the least material. Hence, Colloq.,

Under, or at the foot of, the Apennine mountains; -- applied, in geology, to a series of Tertiary strata of the older Pliocene period.

Situated above the foot of a mollusk; as, the suprapedal gland.

ing, that part of the columella of the ear which projects above the connection with the stapes, as in many animals. -- n.

See Sweep, n., 12.

Shaped like a sword; ensiform, as the long, flat leaves of the Iris, cattail, and the like.