Look better on this virgin, and consider This Persian shape laid
by, and she appearing In a Greekish dress.
Messinger.
6. (Iron Manuf.) (a) A rolled or hammered piece, as a bar, beam, angle
iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar. (b) A
piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive
when completely forged or fitted.
To take shape, to assume a definite form.
Shape"less, a. Destitute of shape or regular form; wanting symmetry of
dimensions; misshapen; -- opposed to shapely. -- Shape"less*ness, n.
The shapeless rock, or hanging precipice.
Pope.
Shape"li*ness (?), n. The quality or state of being shapely.
Shape"ly, a. [Compar. Shapelier (?); superl. Shapeliest.] 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.