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o; an eye, as of metal; a staple; a noose; a bight. That the probation bear no hinge, nor loop To hang a doubt on. Shak.

Bent, folded, or tied, so as to make a loop; as, a looped wire or string.

An instrument, as a bodkin, for forming a loop in yarn, a cord, etc.

A small opening, as in the walls of fortification, or in the bulkhead of a ship, through which small arms or other weapons may be discharged at an enemy.

Provided with loopholes.

Deceitful; cunning; sly. [Scot.]

of Loop. Looping snail (Zoöl.), any species of land snail of the genus Truncatella; -- so called because it creeps like the measuring worms.

A small narrow opening or window in a tower or fortified wall; a loophole.

The sound made when a cork is forcibly drawn from a bottle. "The cloop of a cork wrenched from a bottle." Thackeray.

See Orlop. [Obs.]

and other ingredients, at one time much used in London. J. Smith (Dict. econ. Plants). Saloop bush (Bot.), an Australian shrub (Rhagodia hastata) of the Goosefoot family, used for fodder.

g, consisting of a boom-and-gaff mainsail, jibs, staysail, and gaff topsail. The typical sloop has a fixed bowsprit, topmast, and standing rigging, while those of a cutter are capable of being readily shifted. The sloop usually carries a centerboard, and depends for stability upon breadth of beam rather than depth of k…

One of the ornamental tags, cords, or loops on some military and naval uniforms.

A tau cross with a loop at the top, used as an attribute or sacred emblem, symbolizing generation or enduring life. Called also crux ansata.

fluence of electric waves. The original form consisted of an extremely fine platinum wire loop attached to terminals and inclosed in a small glass or silver bulb. In a later variety, called the liquid barretter, wire is replace by a column of liquid in a very fine capillary tube.

A kind of cloak or surtout. [Obs.] Johnson. Let the looped bavaroy the fop embrace. Gay.

A short rein looped over the check hook or the hames to keep the horse's head up; -- called in the United States a checkrein.

A small grommet, or a ring or loop of rope

, in distinction from the ends; that is, a round, bend, or coil not including the ends; a loop.

A loop which receives the end of a buckled strap. Knight.