Definition of looking

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Looking (a.) Having a certain look or appearance; -- often compounded with adjectives; as, good-looking, grand-looking, etc..

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Rummage :: Rummage (v. t.) To search or examine thoroughly by looking into every corner, and turning over or removing goods or other things; to examine, as a book, carefully, turning over leaf after leaf..
Outgaze :: Outgaze (v. t.) To gaze beyond; to exceed in sharpness or persistence of seeing or of looking; hence, to stare out of countenance..
Looking :: Looking (n.) The act of one who looks; a glance.
Quicksilvering :: Quicksilvering (n.) The mercury and foil on the back of a looking-glass.
Contemplation :: Contemplation (n.) The act of looking forward to an event as about to happen; expectation; the act of intending or purposing.
Rubiginous :: Rubiginous (a.) Having the appearance or color of iron rust; rusty-looking.
Thrifty :: Thrifty (superl.) Well appearing; looking or being in good condition; becoming.
Outlook :: Outlook (n.) The view obtained by one looking out; scope of vision; prospect; sight; appearance.
Looking-glass :: Looking-glass (n.) A mirror made of glass on which has been placed a backing of some reflecting substance, as quicksilver..
Regret :: Regret (v.) Pain of mind on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing; grief; sorrow; especially, a mourning on account of the loss of some joy, advantage, or satisfaction..
Hard-favored :: Hard-favored (a.) Hard-featured; ill-looking; as, Vulcan was hard-favored..
Retrospective :: Retrospective (a.) Looking backward; contemplating things past; -- opposed to prospective; as, a retrospective view..
Overlook :: Overlook (v. t.) To look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it; to miss or omit in looking; hence, to refrain from bestowing notice or attention upon; to neglect; to pass over without censure or punishment; to excuse..
Introspection :: Introspection (n.) A view of the inside or interior; a looking inward; specifically, the act or process of self-examination, or inspection of one's own thoughts and feelings; the cognition which the mind has of its own acts and states; self-consciousness; reflection..
Foliation :: Foliation (n.) The act of coating with an amalgam of tin foil and quicksilver, as in making looking-glasses..
Sight-hole :: Sight-hole (n.) A hole for looking through; a peephole.
View :: View (n.) Mode of looking at anything; manner of apprehension; conception; opinion; judgment; as, to state one's views of the policy which ought to be pursued..
Inspecttion :: Inspecttion (n.) The act or process of inspecting or looking at carefully; a strict or prying examination; close or careful scrutiny; investigation.
Adust :: Adust (a.) Looking as if or scorched; sunburnt.
Expectation :: Expectation (n.) The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.
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