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Audio Help [loof] Pronunciation Key –noun Scot. and North England.
| the palm of the hand. |
[Origin: 1300–50; ME lofe < ON lōfi, c. Goth lōfa]
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Audio Help [loof] Pronunciation Key –noun Nautical.
| 1. | the tapering of a hull toward the stern. |
| 2. | Now Rare. the broad after part of the bows of a vessel. |
| 3. | Now Rare. luff (def. 1). |
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A*loof"\, adv. [Pref. a- + loof, fr. D. loef luff, and so meaning, as a nautical word, to the windward. See Loof, Luff.]1. At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away. Our palace stood aloof from streets. --Dryden. 2. Without sympathy; unfavorably. To make the Bible as from the hand of God, and then to look at it aloof and with caution, is the worst of all impieties. --I. Taylor.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Loof\, n. (Bot.) The spongelike fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Luffa [AE]gyptiaca); called also vegetable sponge.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Loof\, n. [See Luff.] [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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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