Dictionary

A utensil; tool; a weapon; (usually in compound) an article in general.

A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for interweaving yarn or threads into a fabric, as in knitting or lace making.

The part of an oar which is between the grip or handle and the blade, the shaft.

Loon (bird of order Gaviiformes)

A distorted appearance of something as seen indistinctly or from afar.

To appear indistinctly, eg. when seen on the horizon or through the murk.

Example: The clouds loomed over the mountains.

To appear in an exaggerated or threatening form; to be imminent.

To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.