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noun

Loom n. (Zool.) See Loon, the bird.

Loom n.

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."

(Naut.) That part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock.

Loom n. 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.

verb

Loom v. i. (past & past part. loomed; pres. part. looming)

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."

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."

To become imminent; to impend.

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Etymology of 'Loom'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Loom" Quotes from Famous Books

... and very modest, and never dejected or low of heart; but when comfort was asked of her she gave it, and when solace, solace; and when he cried, "Oh for a deep draught of thee!" she gave him his desire. In these days he seldom left his hall, where she sat at the loom with her maids, or had them comb and braid her long hair. But of other women, wives and widows of heroes, Andromache mourned Hector dead and outraged, and Cassandra the wrath to come. Through the halls of the King's house came little sound but of women weeping loss; therefore, if ...

— The Ruinous Face • Maurice Hewlett

... almost always bought, but the line was drawn at the fraudulent and "plugged-up" sideboards and chairs with their legs shot full of genuine worm-holes; ancient Oriental stuffs of the time of the early Persians (one year out of a German loom), rare old English plate, or undoubted George III silver, decorated with coats of arms or initials and showing those precious little dents only produced by long service—the whole fresh from a Connecticut factory. These never ...

— Felix O'Day • F. Hopkinson Smith

... vociferously in the insulting epithets which were now being raucously yelled after the little band of strangers. The situation was becoming distinctly threatening, and Bascomb quietly dropped to the rear, for it was in that direction that trouble seemed to loom largest. ...

— Two Gallant Sons of Devon - A Tale of the Days of Queen Bess • Harry Collingwood

... breathe with eagerness, and possibly a little anxiety. No matter how loud the adherents of each school may have shouted for their colors, when it came right down to a question of supremacy the opposing crew began to loom up as a very dangerous factor; and they felt a faintness come into their hearts while watching the splendid way the rival ...

— Fred Fenton on the Crew - or, The Young Oarsmen of Riverport School • Allen Chapman

... spiral military legging. He carried a short, heavy spear, and at his side swung a weapon that at first so astonished the ape-man that he could scarcely believe the evidence of his senses—a heavy saber in a leather-covered scabbard. The man's tunic appeared to have been fabricated upon a loom—it was certainly not made of skins, while the garments that covered his legs were quite as evidently made from ...

— Tarzan the Untamed • Edgar Rice Burroughs

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