Loaf (?), n.; pl.
Loaves (#). [OE. lof, laf, AS.
hlāf; akin to G. laib, OHG. hleip, Icel.
hleifr, Goth. hlaifs, Russ. khlieb', Lith.
klëpas. Cf. Lady, Lammas, Lord.]
Any thick lump, mass, or cake; especially, a large regularly
shaped or molded mass, as of bread, sugar, or cake.
Bacon.
Loaf sugar, refined sugar that has been
formed into a conical loaf in a mold.
Loaf, v. t. To spend in idleness;
-- with away; as, to loaf time away.
Loaf, v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Loafed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Loafing.] [G. laufen to run, Prov. G. loofen.
See Leap.] To spend time in idleness; to lounge or loiter
about. " Loafing vagabonds." W. Black.