Hypertext Webster Gateway: "loof"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Loof \Loof\, v. i. (Naut.)
See {Luff}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Loof \Loof\, n. (Bot.)
The spongelike fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant
({Luffa [AE]gyptiaca}); called also {vegetable sponge}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Loof \Loof\, n. [See {Luff}.] [Also written {luff}.] (Naut.)
(a) Formerly, some appurtenance of a vessel which was used in
changing her course; -- probably a large paddle put over
the lee bow to help bring her head nearer to the wind.
(b) The part of a ship's side where the planking begins to
curve toward bow and stern.
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