ALOFT

adv. prep.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
adv.

On high; in the air; high above the ground. "He steers his flight aloft." Milton.

2.
adv.

In the top; at the mast head, or on the higher yards or rigging; overhead; hence (Fig. and Colloq.), in or to heaven.

3.
prep.

Above; on top of. [Obs.] Fresh waters run aloft the sea. Holland.


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