loom
/lum/ noun C2- A distorted appearance of something as seen indistinctly or from afar.
Plural looms
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From the Monday to the Thursday I doubt whether it was ever possible from our windows in Baker Street to see the loom of the opposite houses.
See how the figures loom up, are dimly seen, and then blend once more into the cloud-bank.
We stumbled slowly along in the darkness, with the black loom of the craggy hills around us, and the yellow speck of light burning steadily in front.
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