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In a low position or manner; not aloft; not on high; near the ground.

le (Naut.), a hole in the floor of the "top," next the mast, through which sailors may go aloft without going over the rim by the futtock shrouds. It is considered by seamen as only fit to be used by lubbers. Totten. -- Lubber's line, point, or mark, a line or point in the compass case indicating the head of the ship,…

To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; -- often with up. Though Babylon should mount up to heaven. Jer. li. 53. The fire of trees and houses mounts on high. Cowley.

Aloft; above ground. [Obs.] She kept her father's life onloft. Chaucer.

Aloft; above; in or attached to the ceiling or roof; in the story or upon the floor above; in the zenith. While overhead the moon Sits arbitress. Milton.

sting or lowering a cylindrical burden, as a cask. The middle of a long rope is made fast aloft, and both parts are looped around the object, which rests in the loops, and rolls in them as the ends are hauled up or payed out.

Held aloft. [Obs.] Bacon.

direct, as a crew, by the boatswain's whistle. As fine a ship's company as was ever piped aloft. Marryat.

lanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt. The slender, graceful spars Poise aloft in air. Longfellow.

; original; chief. It hath the primal eldest curse upon it. Shak. The primal duties shine aloft like stars. Wordsworth.

To ascend or mount again; to reach by ascending again. He mounts aloft, and reascends the skies. Addison.

To fly aloft, as a bird; to mount upward on wings, or as on wings. Chaucer. When soars Gaul's vulture with his wings unfurled. Byron.

An unmanned balloon sent aloft for meteorological or aëronautic purposes.

To soar; to ascend; to mount. See Stirrup. [Obs.] With bolder wing shall dare aloft to sty, To the last praises of this Faery Queene. Spenser.

Lifted up; high in place; exalted aloft; uplifted; lofty. Sublime on these a tower of steel is reared. Dryden.

like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed. James i. 6 (Rev. Ver.) He flies aloft, and, with impetuous roar, Pursues the foaming surges to the shore. Dryden.

g; a swaying motion; the swing or sweep of a weapon. With huge two-handed sway brandished aloft. Milton.

ng, thus strengheningthe mast, and also furnishes a convenient standing place for the men aloft. Totten.

lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head. He tossed his arm aloft, and proudly told me, He would not stay. Addison.

Very high; elevated; rising aloft; as, a towering height. Pope.