loof

¹ American  

[loof] / luf /

noun

Scot. and North England.

1. the palm of the hand.

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loof ² American  

[loof] / luf /

noun

Nautical.

1. the tapering of a hull toward the stern.

2. Now Rare. the broad after part of the bows of a vessel.

3. Now Rare. luff.

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Etymology

Origin of loof¹

1300–50; Middle English lofe < Old Norse lōfi, cognate with Gothic lōfa

Origin of loof²

Special uses of loof ¹

Example Sentences

Khobeizah, or common mallow, and loof, a flowering perennial plant with bright green leaves, were some of the edible plants found growing wild that her mother cooked.

From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2022

I. O lay thy loof in mine, lass, In mine, lass, in mine, lass; And swear on thy white hand, lass, That thou wilt be my ain.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

I wonder, Jeanie, aften yet, When sitting on that bink, Cheek touchin' cheek, loof locked in loof, What our wee heads could think.

From The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation by Carman, Bliss

She doesna need—she's fever proof— The pest walked o'er her very roof— She tauld me sae—an' then her loof Held out for her annuity.

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn

It's no a month since I was offered forty guineas in my loof for that black beast, but I wasna sae hard pressed for siller then as I'm noo, and I refused it.'

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 by Various