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Webster 1913 Edition
Loaf
Loaf
,Noun.
pl.
Loaves
(#)
. [OE.
lof
, laf
, AS. hlāf
; akin to G. laib
, OHG. hleip
, Icel. hleifr
, Goth. hlaifs
, Russ. khlieb’
, Lith. klëpas
. Cf. Lady
, Lammas
, Lord
.] Any thick lump, mass, or cake; especially, a large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread, sugar, or cake.
Bacon.
Loaf sugar
, refined sugar that has been formed into a conical loaf in a mold.
Loaf
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Loafed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Loafing
.] To spend time in idleness; to lounge or loiter about.
“ Loafing vagabonds.” W. Black.
Loaf
,Verb.
T.
To spend in idleness; – with
away
; as, to
. loaf
time awayWebster 1828 Edition
Loaf
LOAF
,Noun.
plu.
1.
A mass of bread when baked. It is larger than a cake. The size and price of a loaf, in large cities, are regulated by law.2.
A mass or lump, as of sugar.3.
Any thick mass.