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单词 shaper
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shapern.

Brit. /ˈʃeɪpə/, U.S. /ˈʃeɪpər/
Forms: Middle English scaper, Middle English shapere, Middle English schaper, schapare, Middle English– shaper. Also (in sense 1) Middle English shapper(e, schappere.
Etymology: < shape v. + -er suffix1; the form s(c)happere is influenced by the doublet shepper n.
1. The Creator or Maker (of the universe). Obsolete.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > creation of the world > creator of the world
sheppendOE
sheppera1175
shaper1303
the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun] > creator
wrightc888
lightOE
sheppendOE
sheppera1175
wroughtc1275
creatorc1300
shaper1303
maker1340
workera1382
authora1413
workman1440
workmaster1531
artificer?1555
re-creator1587
architector1639
architect1659
enlivener1663
God almighty1787
1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 579, 581 Þer nys no shapper [v.rr. shaper, schappere] but god almyȝt... He ys shapper of al þyng.
1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 585, 9663, 9668.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xliii. 15, li. 13.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Deut. xxxii. 18 Thow..hast forȝet the Lord thi shaper.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 12899 Þe scaper þat wroght al thing.
a1400 Prymer (St. John's Cambr.) (1891) 88 Schappere of alle þynges god þat fourmedest me.
1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) 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).
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the world > space > shape > [noun] > shaping > that which or one who shapes
shaperc1425
model1594
modeller1712
c1425 Noah's Ark in N. Davis Non-Cycle Plays & Fragm. (1970) 21 [Noah respondit] Christ be the Shaper of this Ship, For a Ship need make I must.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 444/1 Schapare, aptator, formator.
1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. 182 b That auncient Serpente the shaper of such Gods.
1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. C3v Another..wil be none otherwise termde then a shaper of garments.
1831 T. Carlyle in Edinb. Rev. 53 179 Mind is the creator and shaper of matter.
1867 O. W. Holmes Guardian Angel II. 10 He was by nature an artist; a shaper with the pencil or the chisel.
1893 F. 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.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker performing process or spec. task > [noun] > who shapes
shaper?1881
?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 42, 45, 74, 97.
1890 North Lindsey Star 19 July 5/1 A shaper at the Britannia Iron Works.
1902 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 15 Feb. 380/2 [Hat-making.] Curlers including ‘shapers’.
1902 Daily Chron. 28 Oct. 10/7 Carver and Shaper-up..for shaped blocks.
3. quasi-archaic. A poet. rare. (Cf. maker n. 5)Suggested by Old English scop n., fancied to be cognate with shape v.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > [noun]
versifierc1340
poeta1382
metrera1387
sayer?a1400
makerc1460
metrician?a1475
metrist?1545
singer1560
swannetc1560
songster1584
muse1596
Castalianist1607
metre-maker1611
versificator1611
swan1613
versemaker1647
verseman1652
Parnassian1658
bard1667
factist1676
poetic1687
minstrel1718
shaper1816
1816 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 81 518 In this hall, we are told, a shaper, or poet, sang the lay of the creation.
1892 S. 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 n. Compounds 1).
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine tool > other specific machine tools > [noun] > other machine tools
mortising machine1655
waving-engine1678
draw plate1776
sticking machine1844
broaching machine1846
sticker1851
shaper1853
mortiser1858
throating machine1866
pointing machine1871
router1872
gaining-machine1875
panel raiser1875
matcher1890
spindle machine1902
spindle1920
1853 Pract. Mechanic's Jrnl. 6 230/2 The shaper..is capable of working out differentially-curved..figures.
1893 Sci. Amer. 25 Nov. 344/1 Among notable exhibits..was an improved shaper.
b. attributive and in other combinations.
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1846 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. II. 466 By the use of figured guides, cams, or shaper-plates, by which the motion is constrained.
a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 802/2 Shaper Vise, one adapted to hold work to a planer, at any horizontal angle.
1901 Feilden's Mag. 4 480/1 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.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic devices or components > [noun] > output device > modifying input
shaper1967
1967 Electronics 6 Mar. 346/2 (advt.) Electronic musical instrument engineer. Should have knowledge of transistor and diode keyer, wave shapers, [etc.].
1971 J. 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.

Draft additions December 2016

Surfing (originally U.S.). A person who designs and manufactures surfboards; = surfboard shaper n. at surfboard n. Compounds, board shaper n. at board n. Additions.
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1962 Surfer May 12 (advt.) Frederick, J. Wardy, entrepreneur and shaper... Larry Bailey, shaper.
1963 Observer 13 Oct. 15/4 He takes day-to-day work (usually as a shaper in a surfboard factory).
1986 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 27 Jan. Speed is the essence of surfing—a well worn cliche of the surfboard industry which few shapers would argue against.
1994 Surf Mag. 22 43/1 Many shapers and surfers experimented with ideas such as channels.., multiple fin concepts..[and] bonzer and stinger designs.
2012 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 4 Mar. (T Style Mag.) 97 The renowned Santa Cruz shaper..made Moriarty's boards.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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