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Having a certain look or appearance; -- often compounded with adjectives; as, good-looking, grand-looking, etc.

acking of some reflecting substance, as quicksilver. There is none so homely but loves a looking-glass. South.

A careful looking or watching for any object or event.

of Mistake.

A thick sort of jaconet muslin, plain or striped, formerly made in India.

A book-shaped needlecase, having leaves of cloth into which the needles are stuck.

A newspaper. [Obs.]

es; a corner; a recess; a secluded retreat. How couldst thou find this dark, sequestered nook Milton.

Full of nooks, angles, or corners. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] That nook-shotten isle of Albion. Shak.

A book in which notes or memorandums are written.

A hook at the end of a pole to pull down boughs for gathering the nuts.

A looker-on.

Looking on or forward.

To face down; to outstare. To outlook conquest, and to win renown. Shak.

Excessively bookish.

To look down upon from a place that is over or above; to look over or view from a higher position; to rise above, so as to command a view of; as, to overlook a valley from a hill. "The pile o'erlooked the town." Dryden. [Titan] with burning eye did hotly overlook them. Shak.

One who overlooks.

imp. of Partake.

A book of dramatic compositions; a book of the play. Swift.

A small book or case for carrying papers, money, etc., in the pocket; also, a notebook for the pocket.