lookout 
lookout (luk'out), . 1. A watching for the 
appearance or occurrence of anything, espe- 
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method of weaving at once advanced the art of figure-weav- 
ing beyond the limit of mere geometrical patterns Into the 
realm of fine-art industry, as even the finest tapestries 
cially from without ; vigilant observation or may | )e successfully imitated by it. Looms are for the 
serutinv watch: as, to keep a good lookout at most part distinguished by th.- names, if the mat,! they 
[in\, twu. i . , ^ .^ weav e, as ribbon-loom, figure-loom (flgured-fabrlc I.K.IIH, 
, :u|i, t 1 i, etc., and also by the names of the inventors, 
sea; to be on the lookout for an opportunity. 
I think, if anything wast. > be foreseen, I have as sharp a 
look-out tin another. Ouldtmitk, Good-natured -Man, ii. 
termilobservatioii : a.-, the lookout on a ship's 
must. 3. A person or party engaged in keep- 
ing watch, especially for things outside. 
Even \\wlookuutt wen- unaware "f tin: pmxiniity "f the 
iceberg until it was actually upon them. Science, V. 4BO. 
4. The subject of observation or vigilanre; 
something to bo watchedfor prguarded against : 
as, every man's interest is his own lookout. 5. 
A prospect or view ; an outlook. [Rare.] 
On this magnificent quay, with its glorious lookout over 
the lagoons. Uowells, Venetian Life, xvii. 
loom 1 (16m), . [< MK. Ionic. < AS. i/rliiiiiii, also 
(iii/l-i/dlomd, antllomti, tool, instrument, imple- 
ment; perhaps lit. 'a thing of frequent use': 
cf. tjvldme, frequently, gelomlie, frequent.] If. 
A utensil ; a tool ; a weapon ; an article in gen- ^ wh)cn & ^ giQe> m ^ IUUI1U111IU1I . 
eral: now used only m composition, as m neir- Tn( . p , lelna .. be produced from either the warp or the weft. 
loom, work/oom, etc. See heirloom. 
Ho lyftes lystly hi lame, <S let hit doun fayre, 
With the barbe of the bitte hi the bare nek. 
Sir Qawayne and the Ureen Knight (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2309. 
The lames that ich laboure with and lynode deserue 
Ys pater-nostre and my prymer. 
fiers Plowman (C), vi. 45. 
loon 
The multitude of lommi frequenting it [Nova Zembla], 
a bird t<J which they gave the whilin.ir;il name. ..f :n. ti. 
parrots. Motley, United .Netherlands, III. D63. 
oo-mask (16'mank), H. [< "loo, a corruption of 
loui>, + w./.W.'i. ] A mask used to conceal the 
face or part of it. 
arthVjacViu'ard'laom. They differ chiefly In the harness- loom-card (16m'kard), M. A pierced pattern- 
system, or the manner in which the w Jil^tli reads are cunl use j in tu(J J acquan l loom. E. H. Knight. 
L - loom-comb (lom'kom), n. The reed of a loom. 
2 A place where a wateli is kept ; a post of ex- w | j a | )r j,. alu | j n the method of impelling the shut- lOOUl-uuiiiu V'""* .m;, " *"o ,tu -,* .. ... 
' ' "-' tie.' Tlu-ivniuy I..' several shuttles In a loom, in order to loomery (16"mer-i), .; pi. loonierieH (-!/.) I 
Introduce a variety of weft-threads, and thus produce /,:! + -cry.] A breeding-place of looms or 
more complicated patterns than can be formed by a single 
weft. Hand looms are now almost wholly devoted to fine 
silks and carpets, nearly all other fabrics being woven on 
|i,) i r-looms, either wilh or without the Jacquard attach- 
Unbred to spinning, In the Imnn unsklll'd, 
She chose the nobler Pallas of the field loom-flgUTOd (lom'ng'urd), a. Having a pat- 
^^ *"' ' tern woven in : said of a textile material. 
guillemots. [Bare.] 
I sent Lieutenant Lockwood with a boat s crew to the 
turnery "n Arveprins Island for binls. They. . . brought 
back but sixty-flve Bruennlch s guillemots. 
A. W. Oreely, Arctic Service, p. 48. 
. 
3. The part of an oar between the blade and the l oom .g a l e f (ISm'gal), . A gentle gale of wind. 
handle: the shaft. 4. A chimney. Hallitcell. l OO m-harness (lom'hiir'nes), . That part of 
[Prov. Eng.] chain-tappet loom, a loom for fancy a i oom which moves the warp-threads to make 
weaving, In which the harnesses are operated l_J'y 
tappets 
upon a" pattern-chain. E. 11. Knight.' Circular loom. 
See circular. Double-cloth loom, a loom in which two 
sets of webs are woven simultaneously, or in which two 
webs are knitted with their edges joined in such a way as to 
form a tube. E. H. A-mVM.-Double-plled-fabric loom, 
loom which forms a pile on both sides of the foundation. 
th(J Cro8gi ,,g or decussation forming the shed 
in which the shuttle travels and leaves the 
weft-thread. The harness has heddles with loops for 
the warps, some of which are continually raised above 
the others and then depressed, either in regular alterna- 
tion (for plain weaving) or In a different order, as the pat- 
tern requires. 
Ji. a. Knii/ht. Electric loom, a Jacquard loom in which looming (16'ming), . [Verbal n. of loom%,v.~\ 
the perforated cards were replaced by a '> " *[JJ* 1. Acoming vaguely into view. 2. A form of 
electromagnet? "era . atTaiigej'in'"^^ w'ay'thatj o'n"the mirage in which distant objects, usually across 
movement of the band under them, they were brought water, appear abnormally elevated above their 
into action on passing the uninsulated parts and left at 4^3 positions, this displacement being accom- 
2. A machine for weaving any fabric from yarn 
or thread. The essential parts of a loom are: the/ram, 
which supports the working parts ; the yarn-beam, at the 
back part of the frame, upon which the warp-threads are 
wound ; the cloth-beam, at the front part of the frame, 
upon whicli the cloth is wound as the weaving proceeds; 
the heddles and their mounting; the reed; and the batten 
(otherwise called lay and lathe), which carries the reed. 
The warp- threads extend in parallel relation from the yarn- 
beam to the cloth-beam, being also passed serially through 
the loops or eyes of the hedclles, or harness, and through 
the interspaces of the reed. The operations of winding 
the warp-threads upon the yarn-beam, and passing them 
in due order through the loops or eyes of the heddles, and 
the interspaces of the reed, are collectively called " set- 
ting up the piece. " The function of the heddles is to form 
the shed for the passage of the shuttle. The warp-threads 
are separated systematically by the heddles into two or 
more series, each controlled and alternately drawn upward 
, 
and downward by the vertical motion of the heddles, thus 
whlch the warp-threads are controlled. It does not ap- 
pear to have been a commercial success. High-warp 
loom, in tapestry-weaving, a loom in which the warp is 
carried vertically, In distinction from a low-warp loom, in 
which thewarp Is carried horizontally. Jacquard loom, 
a loom in which is comprised the Jacquard attachment for 
weaving figured fabrics. Seeabove, 2. Metallic-tissue 
loom, a loom for weaving with metallic threads alone, 
as in making gold and silver tissues such as lace or 
braid, or for weaving fabrics with a silk or thread warp 
and a weft of wire, or of silk thread covered with a 
flattened wire of sllver-gllt. Narrow-fabric loom, a 
operations of winding loom designed especially for weaving tapes, ribbons, loom-picture (lom'plk"tur), n. A piece OI tex- 
blndlngs, etc. It may be a shuttle-loom, but has gener- t jj e fabric so woven as to constitute a picture, 
ally an eye-pointed needle or thread-carrier which tra- .j^ name nas neen K i ve n especially to monochromatic 
verses the shed forward and back after each movement j eg | Kn8 produced in silk, such as copies of engraved por- 
of the harness. Also called narrow-ware loom and needle- tra j^ 
J^lffiftE^&Rffi'SSESiSS loom-Sheeting (lom'she'ting), . A variety of 
raceway on which the shuttle is drawn through the shed linen sheeting of good quality. 
at a uniform velocity by a kind of roller-carriage, instead loon 1 (Ion), n. [Also toun, lown, lowne ; < Mfc. 
ticatiou. 
Its (Monticello'sl elevation affords an opportunity of 
seeing a phenomenon which Is rare at land though fre- 
quent at sea. The seamen call it looming. I'hilosophy is 
as yet in the rear of the seaman, for, so far from having 
accounted for it^ she has not given it a name. 
Jefferson, Notes on Virginia (1787), p. 1SS. 
The inverted images which are often presented in loam- 
imj are not beneath the object, as in the case of mirage 
on dry land, but above it, as if formed by reflection in the 
sky. Nature, XI. 49. 
n.] To weave. 
ies. 
anderer, L 
in the power-loom. (See heddle and picker.) The reed Is , 
carried by the batten, which swings radially on its bear- if^ ml . /ij,-, , f/ 
ings through an arc small in proportion to the radius. " m ' A"* h ^ 
The reed is composed of a series of thin slaU or wires ar- |_Kare.J 
ranged in parallel relation between two parallel bars r ^th farmed wool the native robe 
placed at such distance asunder that the threads of the 
warp passing through the Interspaces between the slats 
or wires may be serially opened or separated by the bed- loom- (lorn), V. t. 
dies, in forming the shed, without Impinging upon these 
bars. The function of the reed is to force the thread of weft, 
woof, or filling, as passed between the warp-threads by the 
shuttle, as near as desirable to that partof the weft-thread >v. ' , Sim 
which has just previously been embraced by the warp- shine: see learn*, t'.] 1. To shine. Specifically 
threads. For this purpose the batten is swung so that 2. To appear indistinctly; come dimly into 
the slats or wires of the reed drive the weft thread against ^ fr b j t ne horizon or through a 
*l"Wf^*%^S^ mist'; rise up before the vision so as to givfthe 
suppli 
Savage, The Wa 
, . . [Early mod. E. lame; < ME. 
lumen, shine, prob. < OF. turner, shine, < L. lu- 
minare, shine : see Ittmine, etc. Less prob.< Icel. 
, shine, gleam, dawn, = AS. leomian, lyman, 
(See reed and batten.) 
bobbin or quill which turns upon a wire in the shuttle, 
and permits the thread to unwind when the shuttle passes 
to and fro through the sheds as the latter are successively 
formed by the action of the heddles. The shuttle is made 
of a piece of hard wood pointed at each end, and having a 
recess in the body for the reception of the bobbin or quill. 
Frequently the pointed ends are finished with metal. (See 
shuttle.) Narrow-fabric looms generally use a thread- 
carrier oreye-pointed needle as a substitute for the shuttle. 
(See positive-motion loom, below.) The Jacquard attach- 
ment Is a device for forming sheds or openings for the 
passage of the shuttle between the warp-threads, invented 
by Joseph Marie Jacquard of r.yons, used as a substitute 
impression of indistinct bulk or largeness; stand 
out prominently in the prospect: often used 
figuratively. 
They stand far off in time ; tfirough perspective 
Of clear wits yet they loom both great ana near. 
Fanshaw, tr. of Camoens's Lusiad, viii. 2. 
Heer smokes a Castle, there a Citie fumes, 
And heer a Ship vpon th' Ocean loomt. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, 1. 7. 
The fact* which loomed so large in the fogs of yesterday 
. . . have strangely changed their proportions. 
Emerson, Essays, 1st ser., p. 282. 
1. Acomingin- 
nyshc), connected with lome, dull, slow, = OHG. 
luomi, luami, lomi, MHG. liieme, faint, weary, 
drooping, mild (MHG. luomen, lomen, droop), 
G. lumen, loose, lax, > D. lummel = G. lummel 
= Dan. lommel = Sw. lymmel, a loon, lubber 
(cf. E. lummox). These words are prob. from 
the same ult. source as lame.'] A stupid fel- 
low ; a clown : with various shades of intensity 
as an opprobrious epithet, like fool, dolt, etc. 
And take It backe with manlike cheere, 
not like a rusticke Lmrne. 
Babeet Book (E. E. T. S.\ p. 291. 
The devil damn thee black, thou cream-faced loon ! 
Where got st thou that goose look? 
Shot., Macbeth, v. 3. 11. 
Hold off; unhand me. gray-haired loon! 
Coleridge, Ancient Mariner, L 
Klnless loons. See kinlets. 
loon' 2 (U>n), n. [A corruption of toon>3.] A 
four-toed diving bird of the genus Colymbus or 
I'rinator. See ColymbicUf. There are several spe- 
cies, all inhabiting the northern hemisphere. The great 
northern diver, ring-necked loon, or ember-goose, C. tor- 
quatus or C. glacialis or Urinator imber, is from 30 to 36 
inches long, and 4J feet In stretch of wings; when adult 
for the heddle or heald mechanism previously employed 
in the loom, and, by its introduction, marking an epoch . 2 /lK m \ IV t:,,,ni2 r 1 
in the manufacture of figured woven fabrics. It con- lOOm/ (lorn), n. [< loom', V.) 
sists essentially of a series of perforated paper or metal distinctly or vaguely into view ; also, the m- 
eards which, one after another, are laid flat upon the faces distinct or unnaturally enlarged appearance of 
of an intermittently revolving and perforated prism, in any thing, as laud, seen at a distance or through 
such manner that the perforations In the cards succes- / |' 
sively and exactly superimpose corresponding perforations 
in the prism. Wires, each separately controlling the en- 
gagement with a lifting-bar or grlffe of a hooked wire 
connected with an Individual warp-thread or set of warp- 
threads, are made by suitable mechanism to enter the 
holes of the cards when by the rotation of the prism each 
a fog. See looming. 
Our situation now became a very critical one, with the 
loom of a third berg on the other side of us. 
R. M'Cormick, Arc. and Antarc. Voyages, I. 277. 
2. The track of a fish. Halliu-ell. [Prov. Eng.] 
Is successively brought to" a special position, the wires so loom 3 (16m), n. [Also dial, lotn, lomm, lomme, 
entering causing all the individual threads with which , Jumme , etc. (NL. Lomvia, q. V.); = G. lohme, 
they are connected to be lifted above the common level ! . " 
of the warp-threads, thus forming a shed for the passage 
of the shuttle. Each card thus represents a different 
shed, :md as there may be an indefinite number of cards 
Joined together by flexible connections, which, like an 
endless chain, are carried upon the perforated revolving 
prism, and as there may be also a number of shuttles car- 
rying woof -threads of different tints, there is no limit to 
variety of form and color in the figures that may be woven. 
The prism carrying the system of cards moves at each 
partial rotation through an arc the chord of which Is equal 
to the width of one of the faces. The introduction of this 
lomme; < Icel. lomr = Dan. Sw. lorn, a loom (a 
bird so called); perhaps ult. connected with 
toon 1 . The word in E. is now corrupted to loon : 
see toon 2 .] If- A loon. See toon*. 
A loom is as big as a goose. A". Grew, Museum. 
2. A guillemot. 
On the face of these sea-ledges of Arveprins Island 
Bruennich's guillemots, or looms, gather in the breeding 
season. A. W. Greely, Arctic Service, p. 48. 
' -*tV 
Great Northern Diver I Colymtn,! tor?*arui or Uri*ator imttr). 
