LOOM  , a See also:

• MACHINE
• MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

machine for See also:

• WEAVING

weaving fabrics by in,ersecting the See also:

• LONGITUDINAL

longitudinal threads, the " warp," i.e . " thpt which is thrown across " (O.E. wearp, from weor See also:

• PAN (" pasturer ")
• PAN (common in various forms to many Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Pfanne; it is generally taken to be an early adaptation in a shortened form of Lat. patina, shallow bowl or dish, from patere, to lie open)

pan, to throw, cf . Ger. werfen) with the transverse threads, the " weft," i.e . " that which is See also:

• WOVEN

woven " (O.E. wefta, from wefan, to weave, cf . Ger. weben) . The O.E. geloma and M.E. lome meant an See also:

• IMPLEMENT (Lat. implementum, a filling up, from implere, to fill)

implement or See also:

• TOOL (0. Eng. tdl, generally referred to a root seen in the Goth. taujan, to make, or in the English word " taw," to work or dress leather)

tool of any See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind . In the sense of See also:

• PROPERTY

property, See also:

• FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture, &c., it appears in See also:

• HEIRLOOM

heirloom (q.v.) . The earliest example with its specific meaning quoted by the New See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary is from the See also:

• NOTTINGHAM
• NOTTINGHAM, CHARLES HOWARD, 1ST EARL OF1 (1536-1624)
• NOTTINGHAM, EARLS OF

Nottingham Records of 1404 (see WEAVING) . " Loom " in the sense of " to appear indistinctly," to come into view in an exaggerated indistinct shape, must be distinguished from the above word . This appears to have been a sailor's See also:

• TERM

term for the indistinct or exaggerated See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance of See also:

• LAND

land, a See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel or other See also:

• OBJECT

object through haze or darkness at See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea . It is of obscure origin, but has been connected through the O .