Loft \Loft\, n. [Icel. lopt air, heaven, loft, upper room; akin to AS. lyft air, G. luft, Dan. loft loft, Goth. luftus air. Cf. Lift, v. & n. ] That which is lifted up; an elevation. Hence, especially:
   (a) The room or space under a roof and above the ceiling of the uppermost story.
   (b) A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.; as, an organ loft.
   (c) A floor or room placed above another; a story.

Eutychus . . . fell down from the third loft. --Acts xx. 9.

On loft, aloft; on high. Cf. Onloft. [Obs.]

--Chaucer.

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Loft \Loft\, a. Lofty; proud. [R. & Obs.]

--Surrey.

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Loft \Loft\, n. (Golf) Pitch or slope of the face of a club (tending to drive the ball upward).

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Loft \Loft\, v. t. To make or furnish with a loft; to cause to have loft; as, a lofted house; a lofted golf-club head.

A wooden club with a lofted face. --Encyc. of Sport.

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Loft \Loft\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Lofted; p. pr. & vb. n. Lofting.]

To raise aloft; to send into the air; esp. (Golf), to strike (the ball) so that it will go over an obstacle.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)