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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
.]
[G.
laufen
to run, Prov. G.
loofen
. See
Leap
.]
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 away
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Loaf

LOAF

,
Noun.
plu.
loaves.
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.

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