Cloop :: Cloop (n.) The sound made when a cork is forcibly drawn from a bottle.

Loop :: Loop (n.) A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.

Loop :: Loop (n.) A fold or doubling of a thread, cord, rope, etc., through which another thread, cord, etc., can be passed, or which a hook can be hooked into; an eye, as of metal; a staple; a noose; a bight..

Loop :: Loop (n.) A small, narrow opening; a loophole..

Loop :: Loop (n.) A curve of any kind in the form of a loop.

Loop :: Loop (n.) A wire forming part of a main circuit and returning to the point from which it starts.

Loop :: Loop (n.) The portion of a vibrating string, air column, etc., between two nodes; -- called also ventral segment..

Loop :: Loop (v. t.) To make a loop of or in; to fasten with a loop or loops; -- often with up; as, to loop a string; to loop up a curtain..

Looped :: Looped (imp. & p. p.) of Loo.

Looped :: Looped (a.) Bent, folded, or tied, so as to make a loop; as, a looped wire or string..

Looped :: Looped (a.) Full of holes.

Looper :: Looper (n.) An instrument, as a bodkin, for forming a loop in yarn, a cord, etc..

Looper :: Looper (n.) The larva of any species of geometrid moths. See Geometrid.

Loophole :: Loophole (n.) A small opening, as in the walls of fortification, or in the bulkhead of a ship, through which small arms or other weapons may be discharged at an enemy..

Loophole :: Loophole (n.) A hole or aperture that gives a passage, or the means of escape or evasion..

Loopholed :: Loopholed (a.) Provided with loopholes.

Loopie :: Loopie (a.) Deceitful; cunning; sly.

Looping :: Looping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Loo.

Looping :: Looping (n.) The running together of the matter of an ore into a mass, when the ore is only heated for calcination..

Looping :: Looping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Loop.

Looplight :: Looplight (n.) A small narrow opening or window in a tower or fortified wall; a loophole.

Overloop :: Overloop (n.) See Orlop.

Saloop :: Saloop (n.) An aromatic drink prepared from sassafras bark and other ingredients, at one time much used in London..

Sloop :: Sloop (n.) A vessel having one mast and fore-and-aft rig, consisting of a boom-and-gaff mainsail, jibs, staysail, and gaff topsail. The typical sloop has a fixed bowsprit, topmast, and standing rigging, while those of a cutter are capable of being readily shifted. The sloop usually carries a centerboard, and depends for stability upon breadth of beam rather than depth of keel. The two types have rapidly approximated since 1880. One radical distinction is that a slop may carry a centerboard. See

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