† Loop v.²

[f. LOOP sb.⁴] intr. Of heated iron-ore: To form a loop (see LOOP sb.⁴).

1

1674. Ray, Collect. Words, Iron Work, 125. Care also must be taken that it be not too much burned, for then it will loop, i.e. melt and run together in a mass.

2

Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1903, rev. 2024.

† Loop v.2

† Loop v.²