loopholed

[Eng. loophol ( e ); -ed.] Full of holes or apertures; admitting of pa age. "This uneasy loophol'd gaol, In which ye are hampered by the fetlock, Cannot but put y' in mind of wedlock." loôp-iẽ, loôp-ў, a. allied to Dan. loopen tricky, deceitful. Butler: Hudibras, pt. ii., c. i. [Etym. doubtful; probably to run; Eng. leap.] Crafty, IMG:content-0716.png:[blocks in formation]