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Loom \Loom\ (l[=oo]m), n. (Zool.)
See {Loon}, the bird.
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Loom \Loom\ (l[=oo]m), n. [OE. lome, AS. gel[=o]ma utensil,
implement.]
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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.
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Hector, when he sees Andromache overwhelmed with
terror, sends her for consolation to the loom and
the distaff. --Rambler.
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2. (Naut.) That part of an oar which is near the grip or
handle and inboard from the rowlock. --Totten.
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Loom \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.
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Loom \Loom\ (l[=oo]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Loomed} (l[=oo]md);
p. pr. & vb. n. {Looming}.] [OE. lumen to shine, Icel. ljoma;
akin to AS. le['i]ma light, and E. light; or cf. OF. lumer to
shine, L. luminare to illumine, lumen light; akin to E.
light. [root]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.
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Awful she looms, the terror of the main. --H. J.
Pye.
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2. To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in
a moral sense.
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On no occasion does he [Paul] loom so high, and
shine so gloriously, as in the context. --J. M.
Mason.
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3. To become imminent; to impend.
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