AFORE

adv. prep.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
adv.

Before. [Obs.] If he have never drunk wine afore. Shak.

2.
adv.

In the fore part of a vessel.

3.
prep.

Before (in all its senses). [Archaic]

4.
prep.

Before; in front of; farther forward than; as, afore the windlass. Afore the mast, among the common sailors; -- a phrase used to distinguish the ship's crew from the officers.

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