The lines and form of a vessel.
♦ To shape a course. To assign the route to be steered in order to prosecute a voyage.
·noun Dress for disguise; guise. II. Shape ·noun A model; a pattern; a mold. III. Shape ·vi To <<S...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·add. ·- The shape of a member especially adapted to structural purposes, ·esp. in giving the greate...
Proper, as it ought to be. SEA PHRASE, ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
In colloquial phrase implies, in a seamanlike manner; as, "That mast is not rigged ship-shape;" "Put...
The Sailor's Word-Book