2. Verb. (third-person singular of loft) ¹
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Definition of Lofts
1. loft [v] - See also: loft
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lofts
Literary usage of Lofts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Remains of Edmund Grindal: Successively Bishop of London and Archbishop by Edmund Grindal (1843)
"... for taking down of rood- ™- lofts, be duly and precisely observed within ...
for the using and transposing of the rood-lofts, fonts, and steps within ..."
2. The Gentleman's House: Or, How to Plan English Residences, from the by Robert Kerr (1865)
"Upper story usual for such lofts; construction and requirements. ... Small lofts,
AN upper-floor is always formed over the whole or part of the ..."
3. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1855)
"... proof that there were wine-lofts,3 and that wine was racked off in the year
of Rome 633, Italy being already alive to the blessings she enjoyed. ..."
4. Lost Chapters Recovered from the Early History of American Methodism by Joseph Beaumont Wakeley (1858)
"Rigging lofts —Singular Fact concerning them — Why the early Methodists worshiped
in them —The Locality of the cue in New-York — Its Dimensions—The Year it ..."
5. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1907)
"... which include Altars, Church Plate, Piscinas, Easter Sepulchres, Rood lofts
and Screens, Pulpits, Fonts, Alms and BRACKET WITH SUSPENDED PYE (DOVE) AND ..."
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