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Webster 1913 Edition
Loom
Loom
(loōm)
, Noun.
[OE.
lome
, AS. gelōma
utensil, implement.] 1.
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.
Hector, when he sees Andromache overwhelmed with terror, sends her for consolation to the
loom
and the distaff. Rambler.
2.
(Naut.)
That part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock.
Totten.
Loom
(loōm)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Loomed
(loōmd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Looming
.] [OE.
lumen
to shine, Icel. ljoma
; akin to AS. leíma
light, and E. light
; or cf. OF. lumer
to shine, L. luminare
to illumine, lumen
light; akin to E. light
. √122. See Light
not dark.] 1.
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.Awful she
looms
, the terror of the main. H. J. Pye.
2.
To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.
On no occasion does he [Paul]
loom
so high, and shine so gloriously, as in the context. J. M. Mason.
Loom
,Noun.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Loom
LOOM
, n.1.
In composition, heir-loom, in law, is a personal chattel that by special custom descends to an heir with the inheritance, being such a thing as cannot be separated from the estate, without injury to it; such as jewels of the crown, charters, deeds, and the like.2.
A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver works threads into cloth.Hector, when he sees Andromache overwhelmed with terror, sends her for consolation to the loom and the distaff.
3.
A fowl of the size of a goose.4.
That part of an oar which is within board.LOOM
, v.i.To appear above the surface either of sea or land, or to appear larger than the real dimensions and indistinctly; as a distant object, a ship at sea, or a mountain. The ship looms large, or the land looms high.