2. Verb. (alternative form of lofe) ¹
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Definition of Loave
1. to form a head as in a cabbage [v LOAVED, LOAVING, LOAVES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Loave
Literary usage of Loave
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1872)
"loave-EARS, for lave-ears. A corrupt form of the word. See LAVE-EAR'D. But take
especial care You button ou your night dtp. ..."
2. Calendar of Virginia State Papers and Other Manuscripts: ... Preserved in by Virginia, William Pitt Palmer, Sherwin McRae, Raleigh Edward Colston, Henry W. Flournoy (1881)
"... so as not to give the least cause for suspicion—or he would engage to loave
tho State, and go to New England, the place of his nativity. ..."
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