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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LOFT, n.
1. Properly, an elevation; hence, in a building, the elevation of one story or floor above another; hence, a floor above another; as the second loft; third loft; fourth loft. Spenser seems to have used the word for the highest floor or top, and this may have been its original signification.
2. A high room or place.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space
2: floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage [syn: loft, attic, garret]
3: (golf) the backward slant on the head of some golf clubs that is designed to drive the ball high in the air
4: a raised shelter in which pigeons are kept [syn: loft, pigeon loft] v
1: store in a loft
2: propel through the air; "The rocket lofted the space shuttle into the air"
3: kick or strike high in the air; "loft a ball"
4: lay out a full-scale working drawing of the lines of a vessel's hull

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, air, sky, from Old Norse lopt; akin to Old High German luft air Date: 13th century 1. an upper room or floor ; attic 2. a. a gallery in a church or hall b. one of the upper floors of a warehouse or business building especially when not partitioned <living in a converted loft> c. hayloft 3. a. the backward slant of the face of a golf-club head b. the act of lofting 4. the thickness of a fabric or insulating material (as goose down) • loftlike adjective II. verb Date: 1518 transitive verb 1. to place, house, or store in a loft 2. to propel through the air or into space <lofted a long hit to center> <instruments lofted by a powerful rocket> 3. to lay out a full-sized working drawing of the lines and contours of (as a ship's hull) intransitive verb 1. to propel a ball high into the air 2. to rise high

Britannica Concise

Upper space within a building, often open on one side, used for storage or other purposes (e.g., sleeping loft, hayloft). The term also refers to one of the upper floors in a factory or warehouse, typically undivided by partitions and now often converted to other uses, such as residences or artists' studios. In churches the rood loft is a display gallery above the rood screen (see cathedral), and a choir or organ loft is a gallery reserved for church singers and musicians. In theaters, the loft is the area above and behind the proscenium.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 the space under the roof of a house, above the ceiling of the top floor; an attic. 2 a room over a stable, esp. for hay and straw. 3 a gallery in a church or hall (organ-loft). 4 US an upstairs room. 5 a pigeon-house. 6 Golf a a backward slope in a club-head. b a lofting stroke. --v.tr. 1 a send (a ball etc.) high up. b clear (an obstacle) in this way. 2 (esp. as lofted adj.) give a loft to (a golf club). Etymology: OE f. ON lopt air, sky, upper room, f. Gmc (as LIFT)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Loft Loft, 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. ] 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. Eutychus . . . fell down from the third loft. --Acts xx. 9. On loft, aloft; on high. Cf. Onloft. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Loft Loft, a. Lofty; proud. [R. & Obs.] --Surrey.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Loft Loft, n. (Golf) Pitch or slope of the face of a club (tending to drive the ball upward).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Loft Loft, v. t. To make or furnish with a loft; to cause to have loft; as, a lofted house; a lofted golf-club head. A wooden club with a lofted face. --Encyc. of Sport.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Loft 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(lofts) 1. A loft is the space inside the sloping roof of a house or other building, where things are sometimes stored. A loft conversion can add considerably to the value of a house. = attic N-COUNT 2. A loft is an apartment in the upper part of a building, especially a building such as a warehouse or factory that has been converted for people to live in. Lofts are usually large and not divided into separate rooms. N-COUNT

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

In 1Ki 17:23, changed in the Revised Version (British and American) to "chamber."

Moby Thesaurus

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