Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Looming"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Looming \Loom"ing\, n.
The indistinct and magnified appearance of objects seen in
particular states of the atmosphere. See {Mirage}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Loom \Loom\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Loomed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Looming}.] [OE. lumen to shine, Icel. ljoma; akin to AS.
le['o]ma light, and E. light; or cf. OF. lumer to shine, L.
luminare to illumine, lumen light; akin to E. light. ? See
{Light} not dark.]
1. To appear above the surface either of sea or land, or to
appear enlarged, or distorted and indistinct, as a distant
object, a ship at sea, or a mountain, esp. from
atmospheric influences; as, the ship looms large; the land
looms high.
Awful she looms, the terror of the main. --H. J.
Pye.
2. To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in
a moral sense.
On no occasion does he [Paul] loom so high, and
shine so gloriously, as in the context. --J. M.
Mason.
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