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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 989 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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LOOM , a See also:

machine for See also:

WEAVING

weaving fabrics by in,ersecting the See also:

LONGITUDINAL

longitudinal threads, the " warp," i.e. " thpt which is thrown across " (O.E. wearp, from weor See also:

pan, to throw, cf. Ger. werfen) with the transverse threads, the " weft," i.e. " that which is See also:

WOVEN

woven " (O.E. wefta, from wefan, to weave, cf. Ger. weben). The O.E. geloma and M.E. lome meant an See also:

IMPLEMENT (Lat. implementum, a filling up, from implere, to fill)

implement or See also:

TOOL (0. Eng. tdl, generally referred to a root seen in the Goth. taujan, to make, or in the English word " taw," to work or dress leather)

tool of any See also:

KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind. In the sense of See also:

PROPERTY

property, See also:

FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture, &c., it appears in See also:

HEIRLOOM

heirloom (q.v.). The earliest example with its specific meaning quoted by the New See also:

ENGLISH

English See also:

DICTIONARY

Dictionary is from the See also:

Nottingham Records of 1404 (see WEAVING). " Loom " in the sense of " to appear indistinctly," to come into view in an exaggerated indistinct shape, must be distinguished from the above word. This appears to have been a sailor's See also:

TERM

term for the indistinct or exaggerated See also:

APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance of See also:

LAND

land, a See also:

VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel or other See also:

OBJECT

object through haze or darkness at See also:

sea. It is of obscure origin, but has been connected through the O.

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