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Loof   Listen
noun
Loof  n.  (Also written luff)  (Naut.)
(a)
Formerly, some appurtenance of a vessel which was used in changing her course; probably a large paddle put over the lee bow to help bring her head nearer to the wind.
(b)
The part of a ship's side where the planking begins to curve toward bow and stern.






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"Loof" Quotes from Famous Books



... maun winnow it wi' your loof, (Blaw, blaw, blaw winds, blaw,) And ye maun sack it in your glove; (And the wind has ...
— Ballad Book • Katherine Lee Bates (ed.)



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