Loop
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
1. A folding or doubling of a string or a
noose, through which a lace or cord may be run for
fastening.
3. In iron-works, the part of a row or block of cast iron, melted off for the
forge or hammer.
Loop
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. A mass of iron in a
pasty condition gathered into a ball for the
tilt hammer or rolls.
2. A fold or doubling of a thread, cord, rope, etc., through which another thread, cord, etc., can be passed, or which a hook can be hooked into; an eye, as of metal; a staple; a
noose; a
bight.
4. A curve of any kind in the form of a loop.
5. A wire forming part of a main circuit and returning to the point from which it starts.
6. The portion of a
vibrating string, air column, etc., between two nodes; -- called also ventral segment.
Loop
[Verb transitive]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
To make a loop of or in; to
fasten with a loop or loops; -- often with up; as, to loop a string; to loop up a
curtain.
Looped
[Adjective]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. Bent, folded, or
tied, so as to make a
loop; as, a looped wire or string.
2. Full of holes.
Loophole
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
1. A small aperture in the bulk-head and other parts of a merchant ship, through which small arms are fired at an enemy.
2. A hole or aperture that gives a passage.
3. A passage for escape; means of escape.
Loophole
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. A small opening, as in the walls of
fortification, or in the
bulkhead of a ship, through which small arms or other weapons may be discharged at an enemy.
2. A hole or aperture that gives a passage, or the means of escape or
evasion.
Loopholed
[Adjective]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
Full of holes or openings for escape.
Looping
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
In
metallurgy, the running together of the matter of an ore into a mass, when the ore is only heated for
calcination.
Looping
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
The running together of the matter of an ore into a mass, when the ore is only heated for
calcination.
A small narrow opening or window in a tower or fortified wall; a
loophole.