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On loft
(gcide) | Loft \Loft\ (l[o^]ft), n. [Icel. lopt air, heaven, loft, upper
room; akin to AS. lyft air, G. luft, Dan. loft loft, Goth.
luftus air. Cf. Lift, v. & n. ]
1. That which is lifted up; an elevation. Hence, especially:
(a) The room or space under a roof and above the ceiling
of the uppermost story.
(b) A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.;
as, an organ loft.
(c) A floor or room placed above another; a story.
especially, an upper story located in a building with
a business below, often having no partitions, and in
cities sometimes converted into living quarters, or
used as studios for artists.
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Eutychus . . . fell down from the third loft.
--Acts xx. 9.
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2. (Golf) Pitch or slope of the face of a club (tending to
drive the ball upward).
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On loft, aloft; on high. Cf. Onloft. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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