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Definition of Natural shape
1. Noun. A shape created by natural forces; not man-made.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Natural Shape
Literary usage of Natural shape
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Missionary Review of the World by James Lutzweiler (1900)
"They had to adopt some Manchu customs, as the permitting the feet of their girls
to grow their natural shape. In return they received certain privileges ..."
2. An Encyclopædia of Gardening: Comprising the Theory and Practice of by John Claudius Loudon (1860)
"If the tree is to be left to its natural shape, which, in our opinion, is by far
the best mode, it will, in tb* apple, pear, cherry, and most other ..."
3. Monachologia, Or, Handbook of the Natural History of Monks: Arranged by Ignaz Born, Count Valerian Krasinski (1852)
"They were expelled from Russia in 1820, and they dare not appear there in their
natural shape. When the present work was composed, they did not exist either ..."
4. The Art of Landscape Gardening by Humphry Repton, John Nolen (1907)
"require an artificial terrace on that side; because neither of the dotted lines
shewn there would connect with the natural shape; and where the ground ..."
5. Journal of the British Dental Association by British Dental Association (1888)
"Dentists used formerly to make teeth of the natural shape, but that practice was
abandoned and the more formal shape adopted for the reasons he specified. ..."
6. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1843)
"... as above described, is supposed to have made its appearance, what is plain
enough is, that it is not only the natural shape, but the only natural shape. ..."
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