look 
The door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north. 
Ezek. viii. 3. 
They turned to a window looking to the close. 
Fire of FrcndmugM (Child's Ballads, VI. 175). 
There is yet another presumption, looking the other way. 
E. Tuckerman, Genera Lichenum, p. 198. 
3. To keep watch; be careful; take heed; see 
to it: as, he looks after my luggage: used in- 
tensively in the ejaculatory phrases look out! 
look sharp .' 
Look well to thy herds. Prov. xxvii. 23. 
Look that you bind them last Shot., Tit. And., v. 2. 166. 
4. To seem to the view ; have the appearance 
of being; appear: as, he looks like his brother; 
it looks as if it would rain ; the patient looks 
better. 
I meet everywhere in this country with these little 
brooks : and they look as if they were full of fish. 
Cotton, in Walton's Angler, it 224. 
Narcissus, praised with all a parson's power, 
Look'd a white lily sunk beneath a shower. 
Pope, Dunciad, iv. 104. 
IThe use with to be is inelegant and chiefly colloquial. 
Well, says he, you look to be A man in distress. 
Bruce, Source of the Nile, I. 270.] 
5. To strive to seem; put on the appearance of 
being; assume to be. 
Nay, look not big, nor stamp, nor stare, nor fret. 
Shak., T. of the S., iii. 2. 230. 
He would always affect to swagger and look big as he 
passed by me. Swift, Gulliver's Travels, ii. 3. 
6. To exercise mental vision or observation (in 
a certain way) ; direct the mind or understand- 
ing; take notice: often with a t. 
He that made us with such large discourse, 
Looking before and after. Shak., Hamlet, iv. 4. 37. 
Look, how much we thus expell of sin, so much we expell 
of vertue. Milton, Arcopagitica, p. 26. 
We are not only to look at the bare action, but at the rea- 
son of it. StUKngJIeet. 
7. To have a prospect or anticipation ; direct 
the mind expectantly ; be in expectation of or 
with regard to something. 
I lokide men schulde vn-to me lowte, 
Where-so that y wente bi the wey. 
Hymns to Virgin, etc. (E. E. T. 8.), p. 36. 
Who would have looked it should have been that rascal 
Surly? He had dyed his beard and all. 
B. Jonson, Alchemist, iv. 4. 
He must look to fight another battle before he could 
reach Oxford. Clarendon, Great Rebellion. 
The way in which we looked forward for letters from our 
bride and bridegroom was quite a curiosity. 
Thackeray, Adventures of Philip, xxxii. 
To look about one, to be on the watch ; be vigilant ; be 
circumspect or guarded. To look after, (a) To attend 
to ; take care of ; have an eye to or upon : as, to look after 
one's interests ; to look after a friend who is in danger. 
My subject does not oblige me to look after the water, 
or point forth the place whereunto it has now retreated. 
Woodward. 
Lady T. But, Sir Peter, you know you promised to come 
to Lady Sneerwell's too. 
Sir Peter. Well, well, 111 call in just to look after my 
own character. Sheridan, School for Scandal, ii. 1. 
I was told to look after you once, and I mean to do it. 
H. Kinysley, Geoffry Hamlyn, p. 236. 
(it) To expect ; look forward to. 
Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after 
those things which are coming on the earth. Luke xxi. 26. 
(c) To consider; be concerned about. To look alive, to 
be on the alert ; bestir one's self. [Colloq.] To look be- 
aldet. See beside. To look down on or upon, to re- 
gard as beneath one; view with contempt; despise. 
Lewis the Fourteenth looked doirn on his brother King 
with an air not unlike that with which the Count in Mo- 
Here's play regards Monsieur Jourdain, just fresh from the 
mummery of being made a gentleman. 
Macaulay, Frederic the Great, 
Greek-speaking Roman Emperors looked down on those 
of their subjects and neighbours who kept on the acquired 
tongue of Old Rome, just as they looked down on those of 
their subjects and neighbours who kept on the primitive 
speech of Illyria. E. A. Freeman, Amer. Lects., p. 438. 
To look for. (a) To seek for ; search for : as, to look for 
a passage in a book, (b) To expect ; count upon : as, to 
ZooAr/orgood news. 
Nevertheless, we ... look for new heavens and a new 
earth. 2 Pet. iii. 13. 
O, I did look for him 
With the sun's rising : marvel he could sleep. 
B. Joneon, Alchemist, i. 1. 
Look now/or no enchanting voice. Milton, S. A . , 1. 1085. 
Our Saviour and his Apostles did not only foresee, but 
foretell and forewarne us to lookefor schisme. 
Milton, Church-Government, i. 6. 
To look for a needle in a bottle of bay or in a bay- 
stack. See bottle^ and haystack. to look in, to take a 
look or glance into a place ; hence, to make a brief visit 
or call (as if merely for observation). 
It would be unkind to pass, as it were, the door of his 
relatives without just looking in for a few hours. 
Barham, Ingoldsby Legends, I. 20. 
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To look Into, to inspect closely ; observe narrowly; ex- 
amine : as, to look into the conduct of another; tolookmto 
one's affairs. 
He has thoroughly looked into and examined hu- 
man nature. Bacon, Physical Fables, x., Expl. 
To look like. See like^. To look on. [On, adv.] To 
be a mere spectator. 
The King now seldom or never Plays, but contents him- 
self sometimes with looking on. 
Lister, Journey to Paris, p. 222. 
To look on or upon. [On or upon, prep.] (a) To esteem; 
hold in estimation : formerly used absolutely in a good 
sense. 
That fellow there? will he respect and honour him? 
He has been look'd upon [with favor], they say; will he own 
him? Fletcher, Pilgrim, v. 6. 
Her friends would look on her the worse. Prior, Alma, ii. 
(6) To consider; regard; view: with as after the object: 
as, to look upon a remark as an affront. 
It may rather be looked upon as an Excrescence, than as 
an essential Part of the Poem. Addison, Spectator, No. 315. 
TO look out, to be on the watch : with for before an ob- 
ject: as, to look out for squalls or breakers. 
The Fish is presently sent to the Market in one of their 
Boats, the rest looking out again for more. 
Dampier, Voyages, II. i. 127. 
I had scarcely time to order every man to look out, when 
the battle-tempest of arrows broke upon us from the woods. 
Stanley, Dark Continent, I. 236. 
To look over, to examine cursorily : as, to look over a cata- 
logue ; to look over accounts. 
John looks over the books in the case. 
W. M. Baker, New Timothy, p. 139. 
To look Sharp, (a) To exercise great vigilance; be ex- 
tremely carefuf [Colloq.] 
The captain himself, according to a frequent though 
invidious behaviour of military men, ordered his man to 
look sharp that none but one of the ladies should have 
the place he had taken fronting the coach-box. 
Steele, Spectator, No. 132. 
(6) To be quick ; make haste. [Colloq.] 
Kit told this gentleman to look sharp, and he not only 
said he would look sharp, but he actually did, and present- 
ly came running back. Dickens, Old Curiosity Shop, xxxix. 
To look through, (o) To take a view of the contents 
of : as, to look through a book of engravings, (b) To see 
through ; see or understand perfectly. [Archaic.] 
He is a great observer, and he looks 
Quite through the deeds of men. 
Shak., J. C., i. 2. 202. 
When you haue seene his outside, you haue lookt through 
him, and need imploy your discouery no farther. 
Bp. Earle, Micro-cosmographie, A Meere Formal! Man. 
To look to or unto, (a) To give heed to ; take care of. 
For ere that unto armes I me betooke, 
Unto my fathers sheepe I usde to looke. 
Spenser, Mother Hub. Tale, 1. 292. 
Look to the woman. [Celia swoons.] 
B. Jonson, Volpone, iv. 2. 
They looked well to their steps, and made a shift to get 
staggeringly over. Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress, p. 240. 
(&) To resort to or depend upon for something with confi- 
dence or expectation : as, he looks to me for payment. 
Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth. 
Isa. xlv. 22. 
The authors steadfastly looked to the surviving heir for 
pay or patronage in return for their miserable dole of con- 
solation. Gifford, Int. to Ford's Plays, p. xvii. 
They looked to Caesar and his legions to protect the Em- 
pire, and themselves as part of it. 
E. A. Freeman, Amer. Lects., p. 126. 
To look toward, to drink the health of. [Low.] 
The ladies drank to his 'ealth, and Mr. Moss, in the most 
polite manner, looked towards him. 
Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Hii. 
=Syn. 4. Appear, etc. See seem. 
II. trans. If. To see to ; take care of. 
But leches full lyulely lokid his wound ; 
With oile and with ointment abill therfore, 
Bond it full bigly on hor best wise. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), L 7625. 
2t. To look or search for; seek; expect. 
But other cures of Cristen thei coveten noujt to hane, 
But there as wynnynge lijth he loketh none other. 
Piers Plowman's Crede (E. E. T. S.), 1. 470. 
I come 
To look a young man I call brother. 
Fletcher, Wit without Money, iv. 5. 
3f. To search ; inspect. [Rare.] 
Look all these ladies' eyes, 
And see if there he not concealed lies. 
B. Jonson, Hue and Cry. 
4. To affect in some way by the manner of look- 
ing or appearing: as, to look one out of counte- 
nance. 
A spirit fit to start into an empire, 
And look the world to law. Dryden, Cleomenes. 
And like a Basilisk almost look'd the Assembly dead. 
Cowley, Pindaric Odes, xiv. 3. 
Most of them recommended that he should go in such 
force as to look down opposition, and crush the rebellion 
in its birth. Prescott. 
5. To express or manifest by looks, or by the 
general aspect. 
Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again. 
Byron, Childe Harold, iii. 21. 
looking-glass 
Dr. Woods looked his creed more decidedly, perhaps, 
than any of the ITofessors. 
0. W. Holmes, Old Vol. of Life, p. 250. 
To look a gift-horse In the mouth. See gift-horse. 
To look babies in one's eyes. See baby, 3. To look 
daggers See daegarl.fQ look in the face, to face or 
meet with boldness; stand front to front, as for battle. 
Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of 
Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us 
look one another in the face. 2 Ki. xiv. 8. 
To look out, to search for and discover ; pick out ; select : 
as, to look out associates of good reputation. 
Let me look out my things to make this fly. 
Cotton, in Walton's Angler, ii. 246. 
To look up. (a) To search for till found: as, I will look 
up the passage. (&) To pay a visit to; call upon: as, I 
must look you up some day. [Colloq.] 
He used to go back for a week, just to look up his old 
friends. Dickens, Pickwick, xlix. 
look 1 (luk), n. [< ME. lake; < look*, v.~\ 1. Vis- 
ual or facial expression; cast of countenance; 
personal aspect : often used in the plural with 
a singular sense: as, a benevolent look; his 
looks are against him. 
A sweet attractive kinde of grace, 
A full assurance given by lookes, 
Continuall comfort in a face. 
M. Koydon, Astrophel. 
How much more elder art thou than thy looks I 
Shak., M. of V., iv. 1. 251. 
When you come to the eyes, Mr. Carmine, let me know, 
that I may call up a look. Foote, Taste, i. 1. 
2. Appearance or seeming in general; the qual- 
ity of anything as judged by the eye or the un- 
derstanding : as, I do not like the look of the sky ; 
the look of the thing (an action, a proposition, 
or the like) is bad. [Chiefly colloq.] 
No tears 
Dim the sweet look that Nature wears. 
Longfellow, Sunrise. 
3. The act of looking or seeing; glance: as, 
loving looks. 
A doleful lake than lokede he 
That percyd myn hert bothe blode <fe bon. 
Political Poems, etc. (ed. I'urnivall), p. 206. 
His was the subtle look and sly, 
That, spying all, seems naught to spy. 
Scott, Rokeby, v. 16. 
= Syn. 1. Appearance, complexion, mien, manner, air. 
3. Sight, glance, gaze. 
look' 2 , v. t. See louW. 
lookdown (luk'doun), n. A carangoid fish, the 
moonfish or horsehead, Selene vomer. See cut 
under horseltead. 
looker 1 (luk'er), . 1. One who looks or 
watches; one who seeks or explores. 2. Spe- 
cifically () A shepherd or herdsman. (6) An 
inspector. [Prov. Bug.] 
There is no election [in Morpeth] of fish and flesh lookers. 
Municip. Corp. Report, 1835. 
looker 2 (luk'er), n. See louker. 
looker-on (luk'er-on'), n. One who looks on ; a 
spectator. 
Lookers-on many times see more than gamesters. 
Bacon, Followers and Friends (ed. 1887). 
My business in this state 
Made me a looker on here in Vienna. 
Shak., M. for M., v. 1. 319. 
I speake not this as my owne sense, but what was the 
discourse and thoughts of others who were lookers on. 
Evelyn, Diary, March 12, 1672. 
looking (luk'ing), n. [< ME. loTcyng; verbal n. 
of /oofc 1 , t>.] If. Appearance; aspect; counte- 
nance. 
And with his chere and lokynge al to-torn. 
For sorwe of this, and with his armes folden, 
He stod this woful Troylus bifom. 
Chaucer, Troilus, iv. 358. 
2t. Glance of the eye ; regard. 
Swich subtil lokyng and dissimulinges 
For drede of jalouse mennes aperceyvinges. 
Chaucer, Squire's Tale, 1. 277. 
3. Search or searching: as, a careful looking 
for names and dates. 
looking-for (luk'ing-for), n. Expectation ; an- 
ticipation ; foreboding. 
A certain fearful looking for of judgment. Heb. x. 27. 
looking-glass (luk'ing-glas), M. A plate of glass 
silvered (coated with quicksilver) on the back, 
so as to show images by reflection ; a plane 
mirror of glass. The metallic coating is generally an 
amalgam of tin. A sheet of tin-foil is laid first upon a 
table and the mercury poured upon it ; the glass is then 
applied horizontally upon the amalgam, to which it readily 
adheres. 
All this is very excellently contrived in a faire looking 
glasse that hangeth at the side of his bedde. 
Coryat, Crudities, I. 187. 
There is none so homely but loves a looking -glass. 
South, Sermons. 
Looking-glass plant or tree, an evergreen tree of the 
genus Hentiera. 
