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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Looming  \Loom"ing\,  n. 
  The  indistinct  and  magnified  appearance  of  objects  seen  in 
  particular  states  of  the  atmosphere.  See  {Mirage}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Loom  \Loom\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Loomed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Looming}.]  [OE.  lumen  to  shine,  Icel.  ljoma;  akin  to  AS 
  le['o]ma  light,  and  E.  light;  or  cf  OF  lumer  to  shine,  L. 
  luminare  to  illumine,  lumen  light;  akin  to  E.  light.  ?  See 
  {Light}  not  dark.] 
  1.  To  appear  above  the  surface  either  of  sea  or  land,  or  to 
  appear  enlarged,  or  distorted  and  indistinct,  as  a  distant 
  object,  a  ship  at  sea,  or  a  mountain,  esp.  from 
  atmospheric  influences;  as  the  ship  looms  large  the  land 
  looms  high. 
 
  Awful  she  looms,  the  terror  of  the  main.  --H.  J. 
  Pye. 
 
  2.  To  rise  and  to  be  eminent;  to  be  elevated  or  ennobled,  in 
  a  moral  sense 
 
  On  no  occasion  does  he  [Paul]  loom  so  high,  and 
  shine  so  gloriously,  as  in  the  context.  --J.  M. 
  Mason. 




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