9. Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose man or woman.

Loose ladies in delight.

Spenser.

10. Containing or consisting of obscene or unchaste language; as, a

loose epistle. Dryden.

At loose ends, not in order; in confusion; carelessly managed. -- Fast

and loose. See under Fast. -- To break loose. See under Break. -- Loose

pulley. (Mach.) See Fast and loose pulleys, under Fast. -- To let

loose, to free from restraint or confinement; to set at liberty.

Loose, n. 1. Freedom from restraint. [Obs.] Prior.

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