2. Verb. (third-person singular of loom) ¹
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Definition of Looms
1. loom [v] - See also: loom
Lexicographical Neighbors of Looms
Literary usage of Looms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"The »ni w"4««- following table shows the number of woollen factories in England
and Wales, the number of spindles and of power looms in use, and the number ..."
2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris, George Grove (1862)
"And what are the facts connected with the production of a thousand power-looms
such as we have described, fitted with all the most recent improvements, ..."
3. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1906)
"In setting up new looms, care should be taken to have • them perfectly square
with the line shaft. To accomplish I this, drop a plumb-line from two points ..."
4. Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science by Johns Hopkins University, Herbert Baxter Adams (1900)
"according to Mr. North, the broad-looms ran at 45 picks per minute before 1857;
in 1890 these looms were operated at from 90 to 105 picks per minute. ..."
5. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"11 diags Ind Arts M 5:35-9 Ja '16 Weaving on old-time looms. M. Buck. 11 Craftsman
29:214-16, 323-6 ND 46 Loon, Hendrik Willem van. ..."
6. The Wool Industry: Commercial Problems of the American Woolen and Worsted by Paul Terry Cherington (1916)
"We weave the most intricate patterns and finest goods on our German looms.
For the very best goods which we produce we could not use the looms which we ..."
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