Loof definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary LOOF, n. The after part of a ship's bow, or ... planks begin to be incurvated, as they approach the stem. LOOF. [See Luff, which is the word used.] Oxford Reference Dictionary var. of LUFF. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Loof Loof, v. i. (Naut.) See Luff. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Loof Loof, n. (Bot.) The spongelike fibers of the fruit ...
... f. A(2) + LUFF Webster's 1913 Dictionary Aloof A*loof", n. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Alewife. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Aloof A*loof", adv. [Pref. a- + loof, fr. D. loef luff, and so meaning, as a nautical word, to the windward. See Loof, Luff.] 1. At or from a distance, but within view ... all impieties. --I. Taylor. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Aloof A*loof", prep. Away from; clear from. [Obs.] Rivetus . . . would fain work ...
... syn: loofah, vegetable sponge, Luffa cylindrica] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Loof Loof, n. (Bot.) The spongelike fibers of the fruit of a ... vegetable sponge. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Vegetable sponge. (Bot.) See Loof. Velvet sponge, a fine, soft commercial sponge (Spongia equina, variety ... want of cohesion among the fibers. Vegetable sponge. See 1st Loof. Vegetable sulphur, the fine highly inflammable spores of the club ...
... ship toward the wind Oxford Reference Dictionary n. & v. (also loof) Naut. --n. 1 the edge of the fore-and-aft ... f. OF lof, prob. f. LG Webster's 1913 Dictionary Loof Loof, n. [See Luff.] [Also written luff.] (Naut.) (a) Formerly, some ...