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A*loof" (&unr_;), n. (Zo&ö;l.) Same as Alewife.
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A*loof", adv. [Pref. a- + loof, fr. D. loef luff, and so meaning, as a nautical word, to the windward. See Loof, Luff.] 1. At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.
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Our palace stood aloof from streets. Dryden.
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2. Without sympathy; unfavorably.
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To make the Bible as from the hand of God, and then to look at it aloof and with caution, is the worst of all impieties. I. Taylor.
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A*loof" (&unr_;), prep. Away from; clear from. [Obs.]
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Rivetus . . . would fain work himself aloof these rocks and quicksands. Milton.
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