LOOMING
Verb
looming
present participle of loom
Noun
looming (plural loomings)
The condition of something that looms or towers.
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Source: Wiktionary
Loom"ing, n.
Definition: The indistinct and magnified appearance of objects seen in particular states of the atmosphere. See Mirage.
LOOM
Loom, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: See Loon, the bird.
Loom, n. Etym: [OE. lome, AS. gel utensil, implement.]
1. A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for interweaving yarn or threads into a fabric, as in knitting or lace making. Hector, when he sees Andromache overwhelmed with terror, sends her for consolation to the loom and the distaff. Rambler.
2. (Naut.)
Definition: That part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock. Totten.
Loom, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Loomed; p. pr. & vb. n. Looming.] Etym: [OE. lumen to shine, Icel. ljoma; akin to AS. leĂłma light, and E. light; or cf. OF. lumer to shine, L. luminare to illumine, lumen light; akin to E. light. Light not dark.]
1. To appear above the surface either of sea or land, or to appear enlarged, or distorted and indistinct, as a distant object, a ship at sea, or a mountain, esp. from atmospheric influences; as, the ship looms large; the land looms high. Awful she looms, the terror of the main. H. J. Pye.
2. To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense. On no occasion does he [Paul] loom so high, and shine so gloriously, as in the context. J. M. Mason.
Loom, n.
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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