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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Loose  \Loose\,  a.  [Compar.  {Looser};  superl.  {Loosest}.]  [OE. 
  loos,  lous,  laus,  Icel.  lauss;  akin  to  OD  loos,  D.  los,  AS 
  le['a]s  false,  deceitful,  G.  los,  loose,  Dan.  &  Sw  l["o]s, 
  Goth.  laus,  and  E.  lose.  ?  See  {Lose},  and  cf  {Leasing} 
  falsehood.] 
  1.  Unbound;  untied;  unsewed;  not  attached,  fastened,  fixed, 
  or  confined;  as  the  loose  sheets  of  a  book. 
 
  Her  hair,  nor  loose,  nor  tied  in  formal  plat. 
  --Shak. 
 
  2.  Free  from  constraint  or  obligation;  not  bound  by  duty, 
  habit,  etc.;  --  with  from  or  of 
 
  Now  I  stand  Loose  of  my  vow;  but  who  knows  Cato's 
  thoughts  ?  --Addison. 
 
  3.  Not  tight  or  close  as  a  loose  garment. 
 
  4.  Not  dense,  close  compact,  or  crowded;  as  a  cloth  of 
  loose  texture. 
 
  With  horse  and  chariots  ranked  in  loose  array. 
  --Milton. 
 
  5.  Not  precise  or  exact;  vague;  indeterminate;  as  a  loose 
  style,  or  way  of  reasoning. 
 
  The  comparison  employed  .  .  .  must  be  considered 
  rather  as  a  loose  analogy  than  as  an  exact 
  scientific  explanation.  --Whewel. 
 
  6.  Not  strict  in  matters  of  morality;  not  rigid  according  to 
  some  standard  of  right 
 
  The  loose  morality  which  he  had  learned.  --Sir  W. 
  Scott. 
 
  7.  Unconnected;  rambling. 
 
  Vario  spends  whole  mornings  in  running  over  loose 
  and  unconnected  pages.  --I.  Watts. 
 
  8.  Lax;  not  costive;  having  lax  bowels.  --Locke. 
 
  9.  Dissolute;  unchaste;  as  a  loose  man  or  woman. 
 
  Loose  ladies  in  delight.  --Spenser. 
 
  10.  Containing  or  consisting  of  obscene  or  unchaste  language; 
  as  a  loose  epistle.  --  Dryden. 
 
  {At  loose  ends},  not  in  order  in  confusion;  carelessly 
  managed. 
 
  {Fast  and  loose}.  See  under  {Fast}. 
 
  {To  break  loose}.  See  under  {Break}. 
 
  {Loose  pulley}.  (Mach.)  See  {Fast  and  loose  pulleys},  under 
  {Fast}. 
 
  {To  let  loose},  to  free  from  restraint  or  confinement;  to  set 
  at  liberty.




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