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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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2,685 words match “LOO”

Gloom. [R.] Walpole.

GLOOMY a. 2 definitions

luminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy. "Though hid in gloomiest shade." Milton.

GOOD-LOOKING a.

HALF BLOOD n. 3 definitions

same father or of the same mother, but not of both; as, a brother or sister of the half blood. See Blood, n., 2 and 4.

HALF-BLOODED a. 2 definitions

nd female of different breeds or races; having only one parent of good stock; as, a half-blooded sheep.

HALLOO n. 6 definitions

attention or to incite a person or an animal; a shout. List! List! I hear Some far off halloo break the silent air. Milton.

n a family for several generations. Woe to him whose daring hand profanes The honored heirlooms of his ancestors. Moir.

Having hot blood; excitable; high-spirited; irritable; ardent; passionate.

A confused noise; uproar; tumult. [Colloq.] Thackeray.

IGLOO n. 2 definitions

An Eskimo snow house.

Having a bad look; threatening; ugly. See Note under Ill, adv.

A glen; a ravine closed at its upper end. [South Africa]

LADY'S LOOKING-GLASS n.

See Venus's looking-glass, under Venus.

An overflowing of land by river; an inundation; a freshet. Clarendon.

An old game at cards. See Loo (a) Tatler.

An old name of loo (a).

LIFEBLOOD n. 2 definitions

The blood necessary to life; vital blood. Dryden.

NIGHT-BLOOMING a.

Blooming in the night. Night-blooming cereus. (Bot.) See Note under Cereus.