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prep. Above; on top of. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Fresh waters run aloft the sea. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. anomalus irregular + flos, floris, flower. ] (Bot.) Having anomalous flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) 1. any of several large carplike North American fish. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Zool.) Any of several large fresh-water fishes of the family Catostomidæ (also called suckers see Sucker family), of the Mississippi valley. The red-mouthed or brown (Ictiobus bubalus), the big-mouthed buffalofish (Ictiobus cyrinellus, formerly called Bubalichthys urus), the black buffalofish (Ictiobus niger), and the small-mouthed buffalofish (Ictiobus bubalus, formerly called Bubalichthys altus), are among the more important species used as food. [ PJC ]

n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] Formerly an allowance of two pounds in every three hundred weight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in a general sense, of small deductions from the original weight. [ Written also clough. ] McCulloch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See 3d Clove, and Gillyflower. ] Spice clove. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. [ Prop., a loft where cocks roost. ] An upper loft; a garret; the highest room in a building. Dryden. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A loft for corn; a granary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a noticeable decline in performance; as, a falloff in automobile sales.
Syn. -- slump, drop-off, falling off. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A loft or scaffold for hay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To laugh. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 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. ]

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 ]

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

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. (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 ]

n. (Med.) Fibrosis of the bone marrow. [ WordNet 1.5 ]