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Adv. over, over the way, over against; against; face to face, vis-a-vis; as poles asunder.<br />

238. Dextrality -- N. dextrality † ; right, right hand; dexter, offside, starboard.<br />

Adj. dextral, right-handed; dexter, dextrorsal † , dextrorse † ; ambidextral † , ambidextrous;<br />

dextro-.<br />

Adv. dextrad † , dextrally † .<br />

239. Sinistrality -- N. sinistrality † ; left, left hand, a gauche; sinister, nearside † , larboard,<br />

port.<br />

Adj. left-handed; sinister; sinistral, sinistrorsal † , sinistrorse † , sinistrous † ; laevo- [Pref.].<br />

Adv. sinistrally, sinistrously † .<br />

SECTION III.<br />

FORM<br />

1. GENERAL FORM<br />

240. Form -- N. form, figure, shape; conformation, configuration; make, formation,<br />

frame, construction, cut, set, build, trim, cut of one's jib; stamp, type, cast, mold; fashion;<br />

contour &c (outline) 230; structure &c 329; plasmature † .<br />

feature, lineament, turn; phase &c (aspect) 448; posture, attitude, pose.<br />

[Science of form] morphism.<br />

[Similarity of form] isomorphism.<br />

forming &c v.; formation, figuration, efformation † ; sculpture; plasmation † .<br />

V. form, shape, figure, fashion, efform † , carve, cut, chisel, hew, cast; rough hew, rough<br />

cast; sketch; block out, hammer out; trim; lick into shape, put into shape; model, knead,<br />

work up into, set, mold, sculpture; cast, stamp; build &c (construct) 161.<br />

Adj. formed &c v.. [Receiving form] plastic, fictile † ; formative; fluid.<br />

[Giving form] plasmic † .<br />

[Similar in form] isomorphous.<br />

[taking several forms] pleomorphic; protean; changeable, &c 149.<br />

241. [Absence of form.] Amorphism -- N. amorphism † , informity † ; unlicked cub † ; rudis<br />

indigestaque moles [Lat.]; disorder &c 59; deformity &c 243.<br />

disfigurement, defacement; mutilation; deforming.<br />

chaos, randomness (disorder) 59.<br />

[taking form from surroundings] fluid &c 333.<br />

V. deface [Destroy form], disfigure, deform, mutilate, truncate; derange &c 61; blemish,<br />

mar.<br />

Adj. shapeless, amorphous, formless; unformed, unhewn † , unfashioned † , unshaped,<br />

unshapen; rough, rude, Gothic, barbarous, rugged.<br />

242. [Regularity of form.] Symmetry -- N. symmetry, shapeliness, finish; beauty &c<br />

845; proportion, eurythmy † , uniformity, parallelism; bilateral symmetry, trilateral<br />

symmetry, multilateral symmetry; centrality &c 222.<br />

arborescence † , branching, ramification; arbor vitae.

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