Dictionary entry

Look (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Look (?), n. 1. The act of looking; a glance; a sight; a view; — often in certain phrases; as, to have, get, take, throw, or cast, a look.

Threw many a northward look to see his father

Bring up his powers; but he did long in vain. Shak.

2. Expression of the eyes and face; manner; as, a proud or defiant look. “Gentle looks.” Shak.

Up! up! my friends, and clear your looks. Wordsworth.

3. Hence; Appearance; aspect; as, the house has a gloomy look; the affair has a bad look.

Pain, disgrace, and poverty have frighted looks. Locke.

There was something that reminded me of Dante's Hell in the look of this. Carlyle.