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LoomLoom Loom, n. (Zo["o]l.)
See Loon, the bird. Loom
Loom Loom, n. [OE. lome, AS. gel?ma utensil, implement.]
1. A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a
weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for
interweaving yarn or threads into a fabric, as in knitting
or lace making.
Hector, when he sees Andromache overwhelmed with
terror, sends her for consolation to the loom and
the distaff. --Rambler.
2. (Naut.) That part of an oar which is near the grip or
handle and inboard from the rowlock. --Totten.
Loom
Loom Loom, n.
The state of looming; esp., an unnatural and indistinct
appearance of elevation or enlargement of anything, as of
land or of a ship, seen by one at sea.
Meaning of Looms from wikipedia
- The draw
loom was
invented in
China during the Han
dynasty (State of Liu?);[contradictory] foot-powered multi-harness
looms and
jacquard looms were used...
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repertory theatre company Looms,
fictional machines in the
expanded universe of the
television series Doctor Who; see
Other Loom (band), an
English rock...
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becomes increasingly larger on the perceiver's retina, i.e., when an
object looms,
there is an
automatic physiological response to
perceive the
object as...
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capital investment in a new
loom. In all 700,000
looms were sold. By 1914,
Northrop looms made up 40% of
American looms.
Northrop was
responsible for...
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Jacquard weaving. Jacquard-driven
looms,
although relatively common in the
textile industry, are not as
ubiquitous as
dobby looms which are
usually faster and...
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number of
innovative looms, of
which the
Hattersley Standard Loom –
developed in 1921 – was a
great success. The
Hattersley Standard Loom was
designed and...
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Fruit of the
Loom is an
American company that
manufactures clothing,
particularly casual wear and underwear. The company's
world headquarters are located...
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produce more
complex fabric designs than
tappet looms but are
limited in
comparison to
Jacquard looms.
Dobby looms first appeared around 1843,
roughly 40 years...
- with his feet in a pit
below a
fairly low-slung
loom". In 700 CE,
horizontal looms and
vertical looms could be
found in many
parts of Asia,
Africa and...
- water-jet
loom,
which was
developed previously. Fluid-jet
looms can
operate at a
faster speed than
predecessor looms such as
rapier looms, but they are...
