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   Loom (lo͞om), n. (Zool.) See Loon, the bird.
   
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   Loom (lo͞om), n. [OE. lome, AS. gelōma utensil, implement.]
   
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   1. 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.
   
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   Hector, when he sees Andromache overwhelmed with terror, sends her for consolation to the loom and the distaff. Rambler.
   
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   2. (Naut.) That part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock.  Totten.
   
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   Loom (lo͞om), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Loomed (lo͞omd); p. pr. & vb. n. Looming.] [OE. lumen to shine, Icel. ljoma; akin to AS. leíma light, and E. light; or cf. OF. lumer to shine, L. luminare to illumine, lumen light; akin to E. light.  √122.  See Light not dark.]
   1. 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.”
   
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   Awful she looms, the terror of the main. H. J. Pye.
   
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   2. To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.
   
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   On no occasion does he [Paul] loom so high, and shine so gloriously, as in the context. J. M. Mason.
   
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   3. To become imminent; to impend.
   
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   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.
   
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