| Loom (loom) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Loom |
| (Zoöl.) |
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A frame or machine of wood or other
material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for
interweaving yarn or threads into a fabric, as in knitting or lace
making.
That part of an oar which
is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock.
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To appear above the surface either of
sea or land, or to appear enlarged, or distorted and indistinct, as a
distant object, a ship at sea, or a mountain, esp. from atmospheric
influences; as, the ship looms large; the land looms
high.
To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated
or ennobled, in a moral sense.
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The state of looming;
esp., an unnatural and indistinct appearance of elevation or
enlargement of anything, as of land or of a ship, seen by one at
sea.
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