See Also: cock-loft(dictionary)
loft(encyclopedia)
loft(2)(dictionary)
loft(1)(dictionary)
Loft or Lob - Soccer(gambling)
loft 1, noun(dictionary)
Loft - Golf(gambling)
loft 2, verb(dictionary)
Effective Loft - Golf(gambling)
Strong Loft - Golf(gambling)

peroration (iou) and cock-loft (iou)


peroration (iou)



peroration noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French peroration or Latin peroratio(n-), formed as PERORATE: see -ATION.]
The conclusion of an oration, speech, or written discourse, which forcefully or earnestly sums up the content for the hearers or readers; any rhetorical conclusion to a speech. LME.
D. Cecil A..General Meditation..which rises gradually to an impassioned peroration.
A rhetorical passage. Also, (a) discourse; rhetoric. L16.
E. North He was planning a further peroration on..the worth of things.
perorational adjective M19.

cock-loft (iou)



cock-loft noun. L16.
[Perh. from COCK noun1 + LOFT noun.]
A small upper loft.