Loom

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun ·see Loon, the bird.

II. Loom ·vi To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.

III. Loom ·noun That part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock.

IV. Loom ·noun The state of looming; ·esp., an unnatural and indistinct appearance of elevation or enlargement of anything, as of land or of a ship, seen by one at sea.

V. Loom ·noun A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for interweaving yarn or threads into a fabric, as in knitting or lace making.

VI. Loom ·vi 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.