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Definition loof

Etymology 1

From Middle English lufe, love, lofe, luf (“palm of the hand”), from Old English l?f, *l?fa, from Proto-Germanic *l?fô (“palm of the hand; paw; oar blade, paddle”).

Noun

loof (plural loofs)

1. (anatomy, now chiefly dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) The palm of the hand.
2. (anatomy, now chiefly dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) The hand, especially, the hand outspread and upturned.

Etymology 2

From Middle English lof (“a contrivance for altering a ship's course, paddle, oar”), from Middle Dutch loef (“an oar or paddle used in steering”), ultimately of the same origin as Etymology 1.

Noun

loof (plural loofs)

1. (nautical, obsolete) A contrivance (apparently a paddle or an oar) used for altering the course of a ship.
2. (nautical) The after part of the bow of a ship where the sides begin to curve.

Etymology 3

Noun

loof (uncountable)

1. The spongy fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Luffa aegyptiaca).

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