Part 6641

<blockquote>I'll be a candleholder, and <b>look on</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

-- <col>To look out</col>, <cd>to be on the watch; to be careful; as, the seaman <i>looks out</i> for breakers.</cd> -- <col>To look through</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To see through.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To search; to examine with the eyes</cd>. -- <mcol><col>To look to</col> &or; <col>unto</col></mcol>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To watch; to take care of.</cd> "<i>Look</i> well <i>to</i> thy herds." <i>Prov. xxvii. 23</i>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To resort to with expectation of receiving something; to expect to receive from; as, the creditor may <i>look to</i> surety for payment.</cd> "<i>Look unto</i> me, and be ye saved." <i>Is. xlv. 22</i>. -- <col>To look up</col>, <cd>to search for or find out by looking; as, <i>to look up</i> the items of an account.</cd> -- <col>To look up to</col>, <cd>to respect; to regard with deference.</cd></cs>

<h1>Look</h1> <Xpage=868>

<hw>Look</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To look at; to turn the eyes toward.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To seek; to search for.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Looking</b> my love, I go from place to place. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To expect.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks or presence as, to <i>look</i> down opposition.</def>

<blockquote>A spirit fit to start into an empire, And <b>look</b> the world to law. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To express or manifest by a look.</def>

<blockquote>Soft eyes <b>looked</b> love to eyes which spake again. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To look daggers</col>. <cd>See under <er>Dagger</er>.</cd> -- <col>To look in the face</col>, <cd>to face or meet with boldness or confidence; hence, sometimes, to meet for combat.</cd> -- <col>To look out</col>, <cd>to seek for; as, prudent persons <i>look out<i> associates good reputation.</cd></cs>

<h1>Look</h1> <Xpage=868>

<hw>Look</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of looking; a glance; a sight; a view; -- often in certain phrases; <as>as, to have, get, take, throw, or cast, a <ex>look</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>Threw many a northward <b>look</b> to see his father Bring up his powers; but he did long in vain. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Expression of the eyes and face; manner; <as>as, a proud or defiant <ex>look</ex></as>.</def> "Gentle <i>looks</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>Up ! up! my friends, and clear your <b>looks</b>. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Hence; Appearance; aspect; <as>as, the house has a gloomy <ex>look</ex>; the affair has a bad <ex>look</ex>.</as></def>

<blockquote>Pain, disgrace, and poverty have frighted <b>looks</b>. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>There was something that reminded me of Dante's Hell in the <b>look</b> of this. <i>Carlyle.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lookdown</h1> <Xpage=868>

<hw>Look"down`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Moonfish</er> <sd>(b)</sd>.</def>

<h1>Looker</h1> <Xpage=868>

<hw>Look"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who looks.</def>

<cs><col>Looker-on</col>, <cd>a spectator; one that looks on, but has no agency or part in an affair.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>Did not this fatal war affront thy coast, Yet sattest thou an idle <b>looker-on</b> ? <i>Fairfax.</i></blockquote>