Shaping: alternatives and connections

Having ability to construct or form; employed in construction; as, to exhibit constructive power.

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Having ability to construct or form; employed in construction; as, to exhibit constructive power.

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The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture; as, the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a government.

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The operation of making wares or any products by hand, by machinery, or by other agency.

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of Manufacture

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The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.

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of File

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of Forge

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The act or process of forming or crystallizing into grains; as, the granulation of powder and sugar.

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The act of forming a groove or grooves; a groove, or collection of grooves.

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of Rifle

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of Turn

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To fix the bounds of; to bring to a termination; to end.

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To fix the bounds of; to bring to a termination; to end.

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Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.

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Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.

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of Define

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The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a shaping.

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Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic; as, the formative arts.

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Having the power to give form or fashion to a mass of matter; as, the plastic hand of the Creator.

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