loof

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Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
8
Letters
4

Definition of loof

5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal)The palm of the hand.
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noun

  1. (Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal)The palm of the hand.
  2. (Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal)The hand, especially, the hand outspread and upturned.
  3. (obsolete)A contrivance (apparently a paddle or an oar) used for altering the course of a ship.
  4. The after part of the bow of a ship where the sides begin to curve.
  5. (uncountable)The spongy fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Luffa aegyptiaca).

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English love, lufe, lofe, luf (“palm of the hand”), from Old Norse lōfi, from Proto-Germanic *lōfô (“palm of the hand; paw; oar blade, paddle”).

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