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loaves |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Loaf \Loaf\, n.; pl {Loaves}. [OE. lof, laf, AS hl[=a]f; akin to G. laib, OHG. hleip Icel. hleifr Goth. hlaifs Russ. khlieb', Lith. kl["e]pas. Cf {Lady}, {Lammas}, {Lord}.] Any thick lump, mass, or cake; especially, a large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread, sugar, or cake. --Bacon. {Loaf sugar}, refined sugar that has been formed into a conical loaf in a mold. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Loaves \Loaves\, n.; pl of {Loaf}.
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