See Also: sparklet(dictionary)

lofted (iou) and sparklet (iou)


lofted (iou)



lofted adjective. M16.
[from LOFT noun, verb: see -ED2, -ED1.]
Orig., fitted with an inner ceiling, floored. Later (Scot. & north.), having one or more storeys above the ground floor. M16.
a. Of a Golf club: made with a backward slope in the head. L19.
b. Of a stroke etc.: that lofts a ball. Also (of a ball), that has been lofted. L19.

sparklet (iou)



sparklet noun. L17.
[from SPARK noun1 + -LET.]
A small spark or sparkle. L17.
(Also Sparklet.) A device used to carbonate the water in a siphon (freq. attrib.); the carbonated water so produced. L19.
? Sparklets is a proprietary name.