Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
The law is too strict; it should be made looser.
Her new T-shirt was just a little bit looser than the old one.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Old Norse laussbor. Middle English loos English loose Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English looser From loose + -er.
Therefore we cannot but infer that they did not understand the promise of their Lord as uttered in a sense at variance with the established forms of language, as conveying the doctrine which the clerical binders and loosers of later ages teach.1844, John Wesley, The Magazine of the Wesleyan Methodist Church:
Loosers of topsails and courses, and men stationed at boom tricing-lines, […]1884, Stephen Bleecker Luce, Aaron Ward, Text-book of Seamanship:
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| loosers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |