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Loof   Listen
noun
Loof  n.  (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.





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"Loof" Quotes from Famous Books



... doup, An' a' unsicker girns the graith, For wae and wae the crowdies loup O'er jouk an' hallan, braw an' baith. Where ance the coggie hirpled fair, And blithesome poortith toomed the loof There's nae a burnie giglet rare But ...
— The Humourous Poetry of the English Language • James Parton


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