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noun
Loof  n.  (Bot.) The spongelike fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Luffa Aegyptiaca); called also vegetable sponge.


Loof  n.  (Also written luff)  (Naut.)
(a)
Formerly, some appurtenance of a vessel which was used in changing her course; probably a large paddle put over the lee bow to help bring her head nearer to the wind.
(b)
The part of a ship's side where the planking begins to curve toward bow and stern.


verb
Loof  v. i.  (Naut.) See Luff.





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"Loof" Quotes from Famous Books



... no ae tooth, Cowe the nettle, stoo the nettle; Auld gluive wi' leather loof, Cowe the ...
— Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories - A Book for Bairns and Big Folk • Robert Ford
... the keckle doup, An' a' unsicker girns the graith, For wae and wae the crowdies loup O'er jouk an' hallan, braw an' baith. Where ance the coggie hirpled fair, And blithesome poortith toomed the loof There's nae a burnie giglet rare But blaws ...
— The Humourous Poetry of the English Language • James Parton


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