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   Aloof , n. (Zool.) Same as Alewife.
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   Aloof, adv. [Pref. a- + loof, fr. D. loef luff, and so meaning, as a nautical word, to the windward. See Loof, Luff.]
   At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.
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   Our palace stood aloof from streets.
   Dryden.
   
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   Without sympathy; unfavorably.
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   To make the Bible as from the hand of God, and then to look at it aloof and with caution, is the worst of all impieties.
   I. Taylor.
   
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   Aloof , prep. Away from; clear from. [Obs.]
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   Rivetus . . . would fain work himself aloof these rocks and quicksands.
   Milton.
   
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