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262 words match “LOOM”

LOOM n. 6 definitions
Hector, when he sees Andromache overwhelmed with terror, sends her for consolation to the loom and the distaff. Rambler.
LOOM-GALE n.
A gentle gale of wind.
LOOMING n.
The indistinct and magnified appearance of objects seen in particular states of the atmosphere. See Mirage.
ABLOOM adv.
In or into bloom; in a blooming state. Masson.
BLOOM n. 13 definitions
A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud; flowers, collectively. The rich blooms of the tropics. Prescott.
BLOOMARY n.
See Bloomery.
BLOOMER n. 2 definitions
A woman who wears a Bloomer costume.
BLOOMERY n.
A furnace and forge in which wrought iron in the form of blooms is made directly from the ore, or (more rarely) from cast iron.
BLOOMING n. 3 definitions
The process of making blooms from the ore or from cast iron.
BLOOMINGLY adv.
In a blooming manner.
BLOOMINGNESS n.
A blooming condition.
BLOOMLESS a.
Without bloom or flowers. Shelley.
BLOOMY a. 2 definitions
Full of bloom; flowery; flourishing with the vigor of youth; as, a bloomy spray. But all the bloomy flush of life is fled. Goldsmith.
CANKER BLOOM n.
The bloom or blossom of the wild rose or dog-rose.
CLOOM v.
To close with glutinous matter. [Obs.] Mortimer.
DRAWLOOM n. 2 definitions
A kind of loom used in weaving figured patterns; -- called also drawboy.
EMBLOOM v.
To emblossom. Savage.
ENGLOOM v.
To make gloomy. [R.]
FULL-BLOOMED a.
Like a perfect blossom. "Full-bloomed lips." Crashaw.
GLOOM n. 8 definitions
Partial or total darkness; thick shade; obscurity; as, the gloom of a forest, or of midnight.
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