loft

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. ]