Definition of loop

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

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Cloop :: Cloop (n.) The sound made when a cork is forcibly drawn from a bottle.
Loopie :: Loopie (a.) Deceitful; cunning; sly.
Smack :: Smack (n.) A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade..
Guard :: Guard (v. t.) A plate of metal, beneath the stock, or the lock frame, of a gun or pistol, having a loop, called a bow, to protect the trigger..
Aiguillette :: Aiguillette (n.) One of the ornamental tags, cords, or loops on some military and naval uniforms..
Looping :: Looping (n.) The running together of the matter of an ore into a mass, when the ore is only heated for calcination..
Lead :: Lead (v. t.) To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among; as, the big sloop led the fleet of yachts; the Guards led the attack; Demosthenes leads the orators of all ages..
Frog :: Frog (n.) The loop of the scabbard of a bayonet or sword.
Stockade :: Stockade (v. t.) A line of stout posts or timbers set firmly in the earth in contact with each other (and usually with loopholes) to form a barrier, or defensive fortification..
Glomerulus :: Glomerulus (n.) The bunch of looped capillary blood vessels in a Malpighian capsule of the kidney.
Eye-splice :: Eye-splice (n.) A splice formed by bending a rope's end back, and fastening it into the rope, forming a loop or eye. See Illust. under Splice..
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.
Fly :: Fly (v. i.) The piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch..
Bodkin :: Bodkin (n.) A kind of needle with a large eye and a blunt point, for drawing tape, ribbon, etc., through a loop or a hem; a tape needle..
Knit :: Knit (v. i.) To form a fabric by interlacing yarn or thread; to weave by making knots or loops.
Kink :: Kink (n.) A twist or loop in a rope or thread, caused by a spontaneous doubling or winding upon itself; a close loop or curl; a doubling in a cord..
Shackle :: Shackle (n.) A link or loop, as in a chain, fitted with a movable bolt, so that the parts can be separated, or the loop removed; a clevis..
Loup :: Loup (n.) See 1st Loop.
Shuttle :: Shuttle (n.) The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch..
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