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Loft \Loft\, a.
Lofty; proud. [R. & Obs.] --Surrey.
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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.
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A wooden club with a lofted face. --Encyc. of
Sport.
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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.
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Loft \Loft\ (l[o^]ft), 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. ]
1. 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.
especially, an upper story located in a building with
a business below, often having no partitions, and in
cities sometimes converted into living quarters, or
used as studios for artists.
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Eutychus . . . fell down from the third loft.
--Acts xx. 9.
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2. (Golf) Pitch or slope of the face of a club (tending to
drive the ball upward).
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{On loft}, aloft; on high. Cf. {Onloft}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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