Definition of loop

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Loop (n.) A small, narrow opening; a loophole..

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Bodkin :: Bodkin (n.) A kind of needle with a large eye and a blunt point, for drawing tape, ribbon, etc., through a loop or a hem; a tape needle..
Lug :: Lug (n.) The leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held up.
Chape :: Chape (n.) The piece by which an object is attached to something, as the frog of a scabbard or the metal loop at the back of a buckle by which it is fastened to a strap..
Corvette :: Corvette (n.) A war vessel, ranking next below a frigate, and having usually only one tier of guns; -- called in the United States navy a sloop of war..
Leash :: Leash (n.) A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom..
Loop :: Loop (v. t.) To make a loop of or in; to fasten with a loop or loops; -- often with up; as, to loop a string; to loop up a curtain..
Shuttle :: Shuttle (n.) The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch..
Looping :: Looping (n.) The running together of the matter of an ore into a mass, when the ore is only heated for calcination..
Noose :: Noose (n.) A running knot, or loop, which binds the closer the more it is drawn..
Bowknot :: Bowknot (n.) A knot in which a portion of the string is drawn through in the form of a loop or bow, so as to be readily untied..
Loop :: Loop (n.) The portion of a vibrating string, air column, etc., between two nodes; -- called also ventral segment..
Loopholed :: Loopholed (a.) Provided with loopholes.
Foresail :: Foresail (n.) The fore staysail of a sloop, being the triangular sail next forward of the mast..
Stitch :: Stitch (v. i.) A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.
Cloop :: Cloop (n.) The sound made when a cork is forcibly drawn from a bottle.
Stitch :: Stitch (v. i.) A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn; as, to let down, or drop, a stitch; to take up a stitch..
Checkrein :: Checkrein (n.) A short rein looped over the check hook to prevent a horse from lowering his head; -- called also a bearing rein.
Oillet :: Oillet (n.) A small opening or loophole, sometimes circular, used in mediaeval fortifications..
Looping :: Looping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Loo.
Loop :: Loop (n.) A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.
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