Part 6642

<h1>Looking</h1> <Xpage=868>

<hw>Look"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a certain look or appearance; -- often compounded with adjectives; <as>as, good<ex>-looking</ex>, grand<ex>-looking</ex>, etc.</as></def>

<h1>Looking</h1> <Xpage=868>

<hw>Look"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of one who looks; a glance.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The manner in which one looks; appearance; countenance; face.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>All dreary was his cheer and his <b>looking</b>. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Looking for</col>, <cd>anticipation; expectation. "A certain fearful <i>looking for<i> of judgment."</cd></cs>

<i>Heb. x. 27.</i>

<h1>Looking-glass</h1> <Xpage=868>

<hw>Look"ing-glass`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A mirror made of glass on which has been placed a backing of some reflecting substance, as quicksilver.</def>

<blockquote>There is none so homely but loves a <b>looking-glass</b>. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lookout</h1> <Xpage=868>

<hw>Look"out`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A careful looking or watching for any object or event.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The place from which such observation is made.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A person engaged in watching.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Object or duty of forethought and care; responsibility.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Lool</h1> <Xpage=868>

<hw>Lool</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Metal.)</fld> <def>A vessel used to receive the washings of ores of metals.</def>

<h1>Loom</h1> <Xpage=868>

<hw>Loom</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Loon</er>, the bird.</def>

<h1>Loom</h1> <Xpage=868>

<hw>Loom</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>lome</ets>, AS. <ets>gel<?/ma</ets> utensil, implement.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>Hector, when he sees Andromache overwhelmed with terror, sends her for consolation to the <b>loom</b> and the distaff. <i>Rambler.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>That part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock.</def>

<i>Totten.</i>

<h1>Loom</h1> <Xpage=868>

<hw>Loom</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Loomed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Looming</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>lumen</ets> to shine, Icel. <ets>ljoma</ets>; akin to AS. <ets>le\'a2ma</ets> light, and E. <ets>light</ets>; or cf. OF. <ets>lumer</ets> to shine, L. <ets>luminare</ets> to illumine, <ets>lumen</ets> light; akin to E. <ets>light</ets>. <?/ See <er>Light</er> not dark.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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>as, the ship <ex>looms</ex> large; the land <ex>looms</ex> high.</as></def>