a. Lofty; proud. [ R. & Obs. ] Surrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Lofted; p. pr. & vb. n. Lofting. ] To raise aloft; to send into the air; esp. (Golf), to strike (the ball) so that it will go over an obstacle. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. To make or furnish with a loft; to cause to have loft; as, a lofted house; a lofted golf-club head. [ 1913 Webster ]

A wooden club with a lofted face. Encyc. of Sport. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Icel. lopt air, heaven, loft, upper room; akin to AS. lyft air, G. luft, Dan. loft loft, Goth. luftus air. Cf. Lift, v. & n. ] 1. That which is lifted up; an elevation. Hence, especially: (a) The room or space under a roof and above the ceiling of the uppermost story. (b) A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.; as, an organ loft. (c) A floor or room placed above another; a story. especially, an upper story located in a building with a business below, often having no partitions, and in cities sometimes converted into living quarters, or used as studios for artists. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Eutychus . . . fell down from the third loft. Acts xx. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Golf) Pitch or slope of the face of a club (tending to drive the ball upward). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

On loft, aloft; on high. Cf. Onloft. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Golf) An iron club with a sloped face, used in lofting the ball; -- called also lofting iron. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adv. [ From Lofty. ] In a lofty manner or position; haughtily. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being lofty. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Golf) Same as Lofter. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Compar. Loftier superl. Loftiest. ] [ From Loft. ] 1. Lifted high up; having great height; towering; high. [ 1913 Webster ]

See lofty Lebanon his head advance. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: Elevated in character, rank, dignity, spirit, bearing, language, etc.; exalted; noble; stately; characterized by pride; haughty. [ 1913 Webster ]

The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity. Is. lvii. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lofty and sour to them that loved him not. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme. Milton.

Syn. -- Tall; high; exalted; dignified; stately; majestic; sublime; proud; haughty. See Tall. [ 1913 Webster ]