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looby (iou) and Stephenson, Robert (sh)


looby (iou)



looby noun. ['lu:bi] Now chiefly dial. LME.
[Origin uncertain: perh. rel. to LOB noun1.]
A lazy hulking fellow; a lout; an awkward, stupid, clownish person.
loobily adjective loutish, awkward, clumsy: M17-L18.

Stephenson, Robert (sh)




born Oct. 16, 1803, Willington Quay, Northumberland, Eng.
died Oct. 12, 1859, London

British civil engineer and builder of long-span railroad bridges.

The son of George Stephenson, he assisted his father in constructing the Rocket and several railways. Building a railway from Newcastle to Berwick, he spanned the River Tyne with a six-arch iron bridge. Called on to build a secure railroad bridge over the Menai Strait to the Welsh mainland, Stephenson conceived a unique tubular design, the Success of which led to his building Other tubular bridges in England and elsewhere.