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an; on or over the upper surface; over; -- opposed to below or beneath. Fowl that may fly above the earth. Gen. i. 20.

Cited before, in the preceding part of a book or writing.

Mentioned or named before; aforesaid.

Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception. "Fair and aboveboard." Burke.

On deck; and hence, like aboveboard, without artifice. Smart.

Mentioned or recited before.

and adv. Above. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] Aboon the pass of Bally-Brough. Sir W. Scott. The ceiling fair that rose aboon. J. R. Drake.

A mark placed at the right hand of a letter, and a little above it, to distinguish magnitudes of a similar kind expressed by the same letter, but differing in value, as y', y''.

A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.

To raise to a higher rank; to promote. Ahasueres . . . advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes. Esther iii. 1.

ble, 4. The effect of which is, that marriages grow less frequent, agreeably to the maxim above laid down. Paley.

To dress; to attire; to adorn. [Obs.] Above all knights ye goodly seem aguised. Spenser.

A hollow cylinder to contain air. It is closed above and open below, and has its open end plunged into water.

It is the bright star in the group called the Hyades. Now when Aldebaran was mounted high Above the shiny Cassiopeia's chair. Spenser.

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

The painting or piece of sculpture above and behind the altar; reredos.

The part or notes situated above F in alt.

Space extended upward; height; the perpendicular elevation of an object above its foundation, above the ground, or above a given level, or of one object above another; as, the altitude of a mountain, or of a bird above the top of a tree.

ompass. The difference between the magnetic and the true or astronomical amplitude (see 3 above) is the "variation of the compass."

ind; a wind vane; a weathercock; -- usually applied to a contrivance consisting of a vane above, connected in the building with a dial or index with pointers to show the changes of the wind.