Loaf

(lōf), n.; pl. LŌAVES. [A-S. hlāf, lāf, Goth. hlaifs, hlaibs, Icel. hleifr and leifr, O. Sw. lēf, O. H. Ger. hleip, hlaib, M. H. Ger. leip, N. H. Ger. laib, L. Lat. leibo, allied to Russ. chlieb, Pol. chléb, Lith. klēpas, Finn. leipä.] Any thick lump or mass; especially a large, regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread, sugar, or cake.

[imp. & p. p. LOAFED (lōft); p. pr. & vb. n. LOAFING.] To spend time in idleness; to lounge; to loiter. Bartlett.

To pass or spend in idleness; to waste lazily; as, to loaf away time.