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Webster 1913 Edition
Aloft
1.
On high; in the air; high above the ground.
“He steers his flight aloft.” Milton.
2.
(Naut.)
In the top; at the mast head, or on the higher yards or rigging; overhead; hence (Fig. and Colloq.), in or to heaven.
A-loft′
,p
rep.
Above; on top of.
[Obs.]
Fresh waters run
aloft
the sea. Holland.
Webster 1828 Edition
Aloft
ALOFT'
,adv.
1.
On high; in the air; high above the ground; as, the eagle soars aloft.2.
In seamen's language, in the top; at the mast head; or on the higher yards or rigging. Hence on the upper part, as of a building.