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Loof
(gcide) | Loof \Loof\, v. i. (Naut.)
See Luff.
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Loof
(gcide) | Loof \Loof\ (l[=oo]f), n. (Bot.)
The spongelike fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant
(Luffa Aegyptiaca); called also vegetable sponge.
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Loof
(gcide) | Loof \Loof\ (l[=oo]f or l[u^]f; 277), n. [See Luff.] [Also
written luff.] (Naut.)
(a) Formerly, some appurtenance of a vessel which was used in
changing her course; -- probably a large paddle put over
the lee bow to help bring her head nearer to the wind.
(b) The part of a ship's side where the planking begins to
curve toward bow and stern.
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aloof
(encz) | aloof,odměřený aloof,opodál Zdeněk Brožaloof,rezervovaný adj: Zdeněk Brožaloof,stranou Zdeněk Brož |
aloofness
(encz) | aloofness,odměřenost |
loofa
(encz) | loofa, n: |
loofah
(encz) | loofah,mycí houba n: Zdeněk Brož |
witloof
(encz) | witloof, n: |
polooficiální
(czen) | polooficiální,semi-officialadj: Zdeněk Brožpolooficiální,semiofficialadj: Zdeněk Brož |
Aloof
(gcide) | 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, or at a small
distance; apart; away.
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Our palace stood aloof from streets. --Dryden.
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2. Without sympathy; unfavorably.
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To make the Bible as from the hand of God, and then
to look at it aloof and with caution, is the worst
of all impieties. --I. Taylor.
[1913 Webster]Aloof \A*loof"\, prep.
Away from; clear from. [Obs.]
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Rivetus . . . would fain work himself aloof these rocks
and quicksands. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]Aloof \A*loof"\, n. (Zool.)
Same as Alewife.
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Aloofness
(gcide) | Aloofness \A*loof"ness\, n.
State of being aloof. --Rogers (1642).
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The . . . aloofness of his dim forest life. --Thoreau.
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Kloof
(gcide) | Kloof \Kloof\, n. [D. See Clove a cleft.]
A glen; a ravine closed at its upper end. [South Africa]
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aloof
(wn) | aloof
adv 1: in an aloof manner; "the local gentry and professional
classes had held aloof for the school had accepted their
sons readily enough"
adj 1: remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a
distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers" [syn:
aloof, distant, upstage] |
aloofness
(wn) | aloofness
n 1: indifference by personal withdrawal; "emotional distance"
[syn: distance, aloofness]
2: a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner [syn:
aloofness, remoteness, standoffishness,
withdrawnness] |
angled loofah
(wn) | angled loofah
n 1: loofah of Pakistan; widely cultivated throughout tropics
[syn: angled loofah, sing-kwa, Luffa acutangula] |
loofa
(wn) | loofa
n 1: the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus
Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer [syn: loofa,
loofah, luffa, loufah sponge] |
loofah
(wn) | loofah
n 1: the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus
Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer [syn: loofa,
loofah, luffa, loufah sponge]
2: the loofah climber that has cylindrical fruit [syn: loofah,
vegetable sponge, Luffa cylindrica] |
witloof
(wn) | witloof
n 1: widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green;
either curly serrated leaves or broad flat ones that are
usually blanched [syn: endive, witloof, {Cichorium
endivia}]
2: young broad-leaved endive plant deprived of light to form a
narrow whitish head [syn: Belgian endive, French endive,
witloof] |
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