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Looping
Pronunciation : Loop"ing
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. D. loopen to run. Cf. Loop a mass of iron, Leap.] (Metal.)
Definition : Defn: The running together of the matter of an ore into a mass, when the ore is only heated for calcination.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Loop"ing
Part of Speech : p.
Definition : Defn: of Loop. Looping snail (Zo?l.), any species of land snail of the genus Truncatella; -- so called because it creeps like the measuring worms.
pr. & vb. n.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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