Associations to the word «Loof»

Wiktionary

LOOF, noun. (anatomy) (now) (chiefly dialectal) (Northern England) (Scotland) The palm of the hand.
LOOF, noun. (anatomy) (now) (chiefly dialectal) (Northern England) (Scotland) The hand, especially, the hand outspread and upturned.
LOOF, noun. (nautical) (obsolete) A contrivance (apparently a paddle or an oar) used for altering the course of a ship.
LOOF, noun. (nautical) The after part of the bow of a ship where the sides begin to curve.
LOOF, noun. The spongy fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Luffa aegyptiaca).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats