The Clue
Be on the horizon (4 letter answer)
The Answer
LOOM
Tags
Notes
The answer LOOM is seen frequently, appearing about once every 150 puzzles.
Related Clues
Appear
Fruit of the ___
Impend
Tower
Apparatus with pedals
Appear ahead
Appear in a fog
Appear indistinctly
Arachne had one
The art of weaving
Emerge, as a menace
Hang over
Heddle's place
Machine with a shuttle
Machine for weaving
Oar part
Oar section
Rugmaking apparatus
Shaft of an oar
Shuttle site
Tapestry device
Weaver's apparatus
Weaver's equipment
Weaver's gear
Weaving apparatus
Weaving frame
Weaving machine
Come into view
Silas Marner's apparatus
This has heddles
Warp and weft locale
Hang over one's head
Meet one's gaze in a haze
Edmund Cartwright's power invention, 1785
Definition
LOOM as a noun:
1. a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile
LOOM as a verb:
1. come into view indistinctly, often threateningly; "Another air plane loomed into the sky"
2. (loom, tower, predominate, hulk) = appear very large or occupy a commanding position; "The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain"; "Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall"
3. (brood, hover, loom, bulk large) = hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"