Definition of loom

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Loom (n.) The state of looming; esp., an unnatural and indistinct appearance of elevation or enlargement of anything, as of land or of a ship, seen by one at sea..

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Pique :: Pique (n.) A cotton fabric, figured in the loom, -- used as a dress goods for women and children, and for vestings, etc..
Blooth :: Blooth (n.) Bloom; a blossoming.
Marseilles :: Marseilles (n.) A general term for certain kinds of fabrics, which are formed of two series of threads interlacing each other, thus forming double cloth, quilted in the loom; -- so named because first made in Marseilles, France..
Heddle :: Heddle (n.) One of the sets of parallel doubled threads which, with mounting, compose the harness employed to guide the warp threads to the lathe or batten in a loom..
Surly :: Surly (a.) Gloomily morose; ill-natured, abrupt, and rude; severe; sour; crabbed; rough; sullen; gloomy; as, a surly groom; a surly dog; surly language; a surly look..
Looming :: Looming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Loo.
Simple :: Simple (a.) A drawloom.
Card :: Card (n.) A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom. See Jacquard..
Drawloom :: Drawloom (n.) A kind of loom used in weaving figured patterns; -- called also drawboy.
Mirky :: Mirky (a.) Dark; gloomy. See Murky.
Sombrely :: Sombrely (adv.) In a somber manner; sombrously; gloomily; despondingly.
Melancholize :: Melancholize (v. i.) To become gloomy or dejected in mind.
Loom :: Loom (v. i.) To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense..
Loom :: Loom (n.) That part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock.
Cylinder :: Cylinder (n.) The revolving square prism carrying the cards in a Jacquard loom.
Melancholic :: Melancholic (n.) A gloomy state of mind; melancholy.
Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; -- said of the sky..
Gloomy :: Gloomy (superl.) Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as, a gloomy temper or countenance..
Lowery :: Lowery (a.) Cloudy; gloomy; lowering; as, a lowery sky; lowery weather..
Sombre :: Sombre (a.) Dull; dusky; somewhat dark; gloomy; as, a somber forest; a somber house..
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