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An associate or companion; a friend; a partner. [Obs.] Misshapen time, copesmate of ugly Night. Shak.

Something rising in a conical shape; specifically, a hill rising to a point. A low cape, and upon it a copple not very high. Hakluyt.

Shaped like a crow's beak.

Heart-shaped; as, a cordate leaf.

Heart-shaped. Gray.

The prtion of a mold which shapes the interior of a cylinder, tube, or other hollow casting, or which makes a hole in or through a casting; a part of the mold, made separate from and inserted in it, for shaping some part of the casting, the form of which is not determined by that of the pattern.

A solid bulb-shaped root, as of the crocus. See Bulb.

Having the shape of a horn; horn-shaped.

A horn, or anything shaped like or resembling a horn.

Bearing horns; horned; horn-shaped.

An ornamental or honorary headdress, having the shape and character of a crown; particularly, a crown worn as the mark of high rank lower than sovereignty. The word is used by Shakespeare to denote also a kingly crown. Without a star, a coronet, or garter. Goldsmith.

To form or shape into wrinkles or folds, or alternate ridges and grooves, as by drawing, contraction, pressure, bending, or otherwise; to wrinkle; to purse up; as, to corrugate plates of iron; to corrugate the forehead. Corrugated iron, sheet iron bent into a series of alternate ridges and grooves in parallel lines, gi…

nclosing the chest and waist worn (chiefly by women) to support the body or to modify its shape; stays.

Any flattish flower cluster, whatever be the order of blooming, or a similar shaped cluster of fruit.

A piece of wood or metal, commonly wedge-shaped, used for fastening together parts of a machine or structure. It is driven into an opening through one or all of the parts.

Shaped like a cotyle or a cup.

Shaped like a cup; as, the cotyloid cavity, which receives the head of the thigh bone.

shafts. Box coupling, Chain coupling. See under Box, Chain. -- Coupling box, a coupling shaped like a journal box, for clamping together the ends of two shafts, so that they may revolve together. -- Coupling pin, a pin or bolt used in coupling or joining together railroad cars, etc.

A cowl-shaped cap, commonly turning with the wind, used to improve the draft of a chimney, ventilatingshaft, etc.

of the instep, on which the upper leather of a boot is stretched to give it the requisite shape.