loof
1 Americannoun
noun
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the tapering of a hull toward the stern.
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Now Rare. the broad after part of the bows of a vessel.
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Now Rare. luff.
Etymology
Origin of loof1
1300–50; Middle English lofe < Old Norse lōfi, cognate with Gothic lōfa
Origin of loof2
Special uses of loof 1
Example Sentences
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Khobeizah, or common mallow, and loof, a flowering perennial plant with bright green leaves, were some of the edible plants found growing wild that her mother cooked.
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2022
She doesna need—she's fever proof— The pest walked o'er her very roof; She tauld me sae, and then her loof Held out for her annuity.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Charles Rogers
He got a drap drink, and a recruiting party p. 96listed him in the king’s name, wi’ pitting a white shilling in his loof.
From The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself by David Macbeth Moir
Getta long bamboo po', an' putta dissa po' up 'gainst house to shin up dissa loof.
From Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Mystic-Humorous Stories by Joseph Lewis French
Light go out, I hang foot over' side dissa loof, an' begin fink.
From Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Mystic-Humorous Stories by Joseph Lewis French
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