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shaper|ˈʃeɪpə(r)|
Forms: 3 scaper, 4–5 shapere, 5 schaper, schapare, 4– shaper. Also (in sense 1) 4 shapper(e, schappere.
[f. shape v. + -er1; the form s(c)happere is influenced by the doublet shepper.]
†1. The Creator or Maker (of the universe). Obs.
a1300Cursor M. 12899 Þe scaper þat wroght al thing. 1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 579, 581 Þer nys no shapper [v.rr. shaper, schappere] but god almyȝt... He ys shapper of al þyng. Ibid. 585, 9663, 9668. 1382 Wyclif Deut. xxxii. 18 Thow..hast forȝet the Lord thi shaper. ― Isa. xliii. 15, li. 13. a 1400 Prymer (1891) 88 Schappere of alle þynges god þat fourmedest me. 1496Dives & Paup. (W. de W.) i. xi. 42/2 God..is..shaper & sauer of all creatures.
2. a. One who or something which makes (a thing) in the required shape; one who fashions (material).
c1425Noah's Ark 87 in Non-Cycle Mystery Plays 22 [Noah loq.] Christ be the shaper of this ship, For a ship need make I must. c1440Promp. Parv. 444/1 Schapare, aptator, formator. 1569J. Sandford tr. Agrippa's Van. Artes 182 b, That auncient Serpente the shaper of such Gods. 1589R. Harvey Pl. Perc. (1590) 14 Another..wil be none otherwise termde then a shaper of garments. 1831Carlyle Surv. German Poetry in Misc. Ess. (1888) III. 250 Mind is the creator and shaper of matter. 1867O. W. Holmes Guardian Angel II. 10 He was by nature an artist; a shaper with the pencil or the chisel. 1893F. Thompson Poems 51, I..made them shapers Of mine own moods.
b. spec. in various trades as the designation of an operative. Also shaper up.
1881Instr. Census Clerks (1885) 42, 45, 74, 97. 1890 North Lindsey Star 19 July 5/1 A shaper at the Britannia Iron Works. 1902Brit. Med. Jrnl. No. 2146. 380 [Hat-making.] Curlers including ‘shapers’. 1902Daily Chron. 28 Oct. 10/7 Carver and Shaper-up..for shaped blocks.
3. quasi-arch. A poet. rare. (Cf. maker 5.)
Suggested by OE. scop, fancied to be cogn. w. shape v.
1816W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. LXXXI. 518 In this hall, we are told, a shaper, or poet, sang the lay of the creation. 1892S. A. Brooke Eng. Lit. I. iv. 103 If we want to feel whether Beowulf is good poetry or not, let us place ourselves in the hall..filled with warriors and seamen,..—and then hear the Shaper strike the harp.
4. a. A machine or tool for shaping material, spec. a shaping-machine (see shaping vbl. n. 4).
1853Pract. Mechanic's Jrnl. VI. 230/2 The shaper..is capable of working out differentially-curved..figures. 1893Sci. Amer. 25 Nov. 344/1 Among notable exhibits..was an improved shaper.
b. attrib. and Comb.
1846Holtzapffel Turning II. 466 By the use of figured guides, cams, or shaper-plates, by which the motion is constrained. 1884Knight Dict. Mech. Suppl., Shaper Vise, one adapted to hold work to a planer, at any horizontal angle. 1901Feilden's Mag. IV. 480/1 The form of the shaper tool would have to exactly coincide with the tooth space of the wheel to be cut.
5. Electronics. A device which modifies an input to produce an output having a specific waveform.
1967[see keyer]. 1971J. H. Smith Digital Logic vi. 109 When the count of ten is reached..a gate will produce a signal which is shaped by the shaper unit. |