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lofting (iou) and oratorio (oh)


lofting (iou)



lofting noun. E16.
[from LOFT noun, verb + -ING1.]
A roofing, ceiling, or flooring, esp. in a mine. Now chiefly dial. E16.
The action of LOFT verb. M19.
Shipbuilding & Aeronautics. The activity of a loftsman, a loftsman's work. M20.
Comb.: lofting-iron (now rare) = LOFTER noun1; lofting pole a pole used to position a decoy for pigeons in a tree etc. (cf. LOFTER noun2).

oratorio (oh)



[C]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Italian; Origin: , from the Oratorio di San Filippo Neri, church in Rome where such Music was first performed]
a long piece of Music in which a large group of people sing