\Loft\, n. [Icel. lopt air, heaven, loft, upper room; akin
to AS. lyft air, G. luft, Dan. loft loft, Goth. luftus air.
Cf. {Lift}, v. & n. ]
That which is lifted up; an elevation. Hence, especially:
(a) The room or space under a roof and above the ceiling of
    the uppermost story.
(b) A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.;
    as, an organ loft.
(c) A floor or room placed above another; a story.
          Eutychus . . . fell down from the third loft.
                                               --Acts xx. 9.
{On loft}, aloft; on high. Cf. {Onloft}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

\Loft\, a.
Lofty; proud. [R. & Obs.] --Surrey.

\Loft\, n. (Golf)
Pitch or slope of the face of a club (tending to drive the
ball upward).

\Loft\, v. t.
To make or furnish with a loft; to cause to have loft; as, a
lofted house; a lofted golf-club head.
      A wooden club with a lofted face.        --Encyc. of
                                               Sport.

\Loft\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Lofted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Lofting}.]
To raise aloft; to send into the air; esp. (Golf), to strike
(the ball) so that it will go over an obstacle.