Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The palm of the hand; also, the hand itself.
- noun A contrivance (apparently a paddle or an oar) for altering the course of a ship. See etymology.
- noun That part of a ship's bow where the sides begin to curve in toward the stem. See
luff . - The earlier spelling of
luff . - noun A Middle English form of
loaf .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) The spongelike fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (
Luffa Ægyptiaca ); called alsovegetable sponge . - noun 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.
- noun The part of a ship's side where the planking begins to curve toward bow and stern.
- intransitive verb (Naut.) See
luff .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy, Northern England, Scotland The
palm of the hand. - noun anatomy, Northern England, Scotland The
hand , especially, the hand outspread and upturned. - noun nautical, obsolete A
contrivance (apparently apaddle or anoar ) used for altering thecourse of aship . - noun nautical The after part of the
bow of a ship where the sides begin to curve.
Etymologies
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Examples
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SSFC says: lirpa loof: Where in the Constitution does it say that the President of the United States has the authority to hire a blogger?
The Volokh Conspiracy » How Did the White House Pick Its Law Blogger? 2010
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Is there a source for the variet (y/ies) of seeds of the very long loof ...
Global Voices in English » Azerbaijan: Blogger response to University massacre 2009
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Really nice pictures and i like the new loof of the blog.
Mini Cherry & Almond Tea Cakes Mandy 2008
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February 21, 2008 at 2:11 pm babtizm buy tung: moar thew-row than sprinkling, but wiffout teh dunking in water, that teh kittehs feer and loof.
u haz an itty bitty flavur - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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“If Counsellor Crossmyloof used the dative for the nominative, I would have crossed his loof with a tight leathern strap, Mr. Saddletree; there is not a boy on the booby form but should have been scourged for such a solecism in grammar.”
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She wogged slightly over to her own son, with a woddied loof in her eye.
A Spaniard in the Works John Lennon 2000
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'She wogged slightly over to her own son, with a woddied loof in her eye.
A Spaniard In The Works Lennon, John, 1940-1980 1965
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The chief robber was undoubtedly an officer, said M'Fadyen, and besides the large wart over his eye, there were other marks which made him noticeable -- for example, "the little finger of his left hand bowed towards his loof."
Stories of the Border Marches Jeanie Lang
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Conquest, and lying a-loof off, and laying a long Hazard sometimes for your Antagonist, will be an excellent way to entice and entrap him; for that he promising to himself the good fortune of Hazarding you, will be induced rashly to adventure at that distance, and supposing to strike your Ball, which cunningly lyes (to tempt him to that Venture) near the
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"There was never an outer door snecked since you left, Colin," said he, turning awkwardly away and looking hard into the loof of his hand like
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro
chained_bear commented on the word loof
"The after part of a ship's bow; or that part of her side forward where the planks begin to be incurvated as they approach the stem: hence, the guns which lie here are called loof-pieces."
—Falconer's New Universal Dictionary of the Marine (1816), 245
October 14, 2008
fbharjo commented on the word loof
a-loof?
March 22, 2009
bilby commented on the word loof
Nonchalant.
March 22, 2009
qms commented on the word loof
Their manners are odd and contrary.
With strangers they’ll be a bit chary.
But extend your loof
In amity's proof
And Scotsmen won’t be too scary.
June 4, 2014
qms commented on the word loof
True saintliness calls for some proof:
One, praying, might drift to the roof,
Or, best of all data,
Could bear the stigmata,
The blessing of wounds in the loof.
September 16, 2016