Loop"ing, n. [Cf. D. loopen to run. Cf. Loop a mass of iron, Leap.]
(Metal.) The running together of the matter of an ore into a mass, when
the ore is only heated for calcination.
Loop"ing, p. pr. & vb. n. of Loop.
Looping snail (Zoöl.), any species of land snail of the genus
Truncatella; -- so called because it creeps like the measuring worms.
Loop"light` (?), n. A small narrow opening or window in a tower or
fortified wall; a loophole.
Loord (?), n. [F. lourd heavy, dull.] A dull, stupid fellow; a drone.
[Obs.] Spenser.
Loos (?), n. [OE. los, fr. OF. los, laus.] Praise; fame; reputation.
[Obs.] Spenser.
Good conscience and good loos.
Chaucer.
Loose (ls), a. [Compar. Looser (?); superl. Loosest.] [OE. loos, lous,
laus, Icel. lauss; akin to OD. loos, D. los, AS. leás false, deceitful,
G. los, loose, Dan. & Sw. lös, Goth. laus, and E. lose. √127. See
Lose, and cf. Leasing falsehood.] 1. Unbound; untied; unsewed; not
attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.
Her hair, nor loose, nor tied in formal plat.
Shak.
2. Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty, habit, etc.;
-- with from or of.
Now I stand Loose of my vow; but who knows Cato's thoughts ?
Addison.