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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.Definition 2024
aloft
aloft
English
Adverb
aloft (comparative more aloft, superlative most aloft)
- At, to, or in the air or sky.
- high winds aloft
- Above, overhead, in a high place; up
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island:
- Someone's turned the chest out alow and aloft.
- 1954, William Golding, Lord of the Flies:
- He noticed that he still held the knife aloft and brought his arm down, replacing the blade in the sheath.
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island:
- (nautical) in the top, at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging.
- 1859, James Fenimore Cooper, The Red Rover: A Tale:
- I think you said something concerning the manner in which yonder ship has anchored, and of the condition they keep things alow and aloft?
- 1859, James Fenimore Cooper, The Red Rover: A Tale:
Translations
above
in the top, at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging
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- aloft in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913