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L To LABOUR to LAND-FALL LAND-LOCKED to LASHING LATEEN-SAIL to LEE-SIDE LEEWARD-SHIP to LIE ALONG LIE TO to LIMBER-BOARDS LIMBER-ROPE to LOG-BOOK LONG-BOAT to LUFF LONG-BOAT LOOF LOOK-OUT LOOMING LOOP-HOLES To LOOSE LOST LOW-WATER To LOWER LUFF LUFF-TACKLE to LYING-TO in a storm Search Contact us
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LOOMINGLOOMING, an indistinct appearance of any distant object, as the sea-coast, ships, mountains, &c. as, "she looms large afore the wind; the looming of the land is high above the water," &c.
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