Loup \Loup\, n. (Iron Works) See 1st Loop.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Loups \Loups\, n. pl.; sing. Loup. [F., prop., a wolf.]

(Ethnol.) The Pawnees, a tribe of North American Indians whose principal totem was the wolf.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Loop \Loop\, n. [G. luppe an iron lump. Cf. Looping.]

(Iron Works) A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls. [Written also loup.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)