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< loom

loon >

loom²

m) KEY

NOUN:

An apparatus for making thread or yarn into cloth by weaving strands together at right angles.

TRANSITIVE VERB:
loomed, loom·ing, looms

To weave (a tapestry, for example) on a loom.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English lome, from Old English gelma, tool : ge-, collective pref. ; see yclept + -lma, tool (as in handlman, tools)

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