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- English Word Look Definition Hence; Appearance; aspect; as, the house has a gloomy look; the affair has a bad look.
- English Word Lookdown Definition See Moonfish (b).
- English Word Looked Definition of Look
- English Word Looker Definition One who looks.
- English Word Looking Definition of Look
- English Word Looking Definition Having a certain look or appearance; -- often compounded with adjectives; as, good-looking, grand-looking, etc.
- English Word Looking Definition The act of one who looks; a glance.
- English Word Looking Definition The manner in which one looks; appearance; countenance; face.
- English Word Looking-glass Definition A mirror made of glass on which has been placed a backing of some reflecting substance, as quicksilver.
- English Word Lookout Definition A careful looking or watching for any object or event.
- English Word Lookout Definition The place from which such observation is made.
- English Word Lookout Definition A person engaged in watching.
- English Word Lookout Definition Object or duty of forethought and care; responsibility.
- English Word Lool Definition A vessel used to receive the washings of ores of metals.
- English Word Loom Definition See Loon, the bird.
- English Word Loom Definition 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.
- English Word Loom Definition That part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock.
- English Word Loom Definition 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.
- English Word Loom Definition To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.
- English Word Loom Definition 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.
- English Word Loom-gale Definition A gentle gale of wind.
- English Word Loomed Definition of Loom
- English Word Looming Definition of Loom
- English Word Looming Definition The indistinct and magnified appearance of objects seen in particular states of the atmosphere. See Mirage.
- English Word Loon Definition A sorry fellow; a worthless person; a rogue.
- English Word Loon Definition Any one of several aquatic, wed-footed, northern birds of the genus Urinator (formerly Colymbus), noted for their expertness in diving and swimming under water. The common loon, or great northern diver (Urinator imber, or Colymbus torquatus), and the red-throated loon or diver (U. septentrionalis), are the best known species. See Diver.
- English Word Loony Definition See Luny.
- English Word Loop Definition A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.
- English Word Loop Definition A fold or doubling of a thread, cord, rope, etc., through which another thread, cord, etc., can be passed, or which a hook can be hooked into; an eye, as of metal; a staple; a noose; a bight.
- English Word Loop Definition A small, narrow opening; a loophole.