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noun

Loom n. (Zool.) See Loon, the bird.

Loom n.

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. "Hector, when he sees Andromache overwhelmed with terror, sends her for consolation to the loom and the distaff."

(Naut.) That part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock.

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.

verb

Loom v. i. (past & past part. loomed; pres. part. looming)

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. "Awful she looms, the terror of the main."

To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense. "On no occasion does he (Paul) loom so high, and shine so gloriously, as in the context."

To become imminent; to impend.

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Etymology of 'Loom'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Loom" Quotes from Famous Books

... accomplish a great deal in a very short time. The threads that are to be used for the "weft" or "filling" go directly into the shuttles of the weavers after being spun; but those which are to be used for "warp" are wound first on spools, then on beams to go into the loom. ...

— Makers of Many Things • Eva March Tappan

... normal space, just in time to see the Thessian ship spin in a quick turn, under an acceleration that would have crushed a human to a pulp. Again the pilot dived at the terrestrian ship. Again it vanished. Twice more he tried these fruitless tactics, seeing the ship loom before him—bracing for the crash—then it was gone instantaneously, and though he sailed through the spot he knew it to have occupied, it was not there. Yet an instant later, as he turned, it was floating, unharmed, exactly ...

— Invaders from the Infinite • John Wood Campbell

... shine of my own lamp and a cigar in my mouth I had a closer look at that ancient piece of art work from heaven, or the other place, only knows what ancient loom. ...

— Gulliver of Mars • Edwin L. Arnold

... at Great Ashby in Westmoreland, in the year 1779. His father was a hand-loom weaver, and a man of remarkable culture considering his humble station in life. He was an ardent student of natural history, and possessed a much more complete knowledge of several sub-branches of that science than was to have been looked for in a common working-man. One of ...

— Industrial Biography - Iron Workers and Tool Makers • Samuel Smiles

... tale of sorrow to the parish Minister. This did not avail him. His warp and threads were cut on his loom, and even the clothes of his family were cut while they were wearing them. At night something tugged the blankets off their beds, a favourite old spiritual trick, which was played, if I remember well, on a Roman Emperor, according to Suetonius. Poor Campbell had to ...

— Adventures among Books • Andrew Lang

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