aloft
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
aloft
adv 1: at or on or to the masthead or upper rigging of a ship;
"climbed aloft to unfurl the sail"
2: upward; "the good news sent her spirits aloft"
3: at or to great height; high up in or into the air; "eagles
were soaring aloft"; "dust is whirled aloft"
4: in the higher atmosphere above the earth; "weather conditions
aloft are fine"
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Aloft \A*loft"\ (?; 115), adv. [Pref. a- + loft, which properly
meant air. See {Loft}.]
1. On high; in the air; high above the ground. "He steers his
flight aloft." --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "aloft":
aboard, above, abovestairs, afloat, airward, all aboard, aloof,
athwart the hawse, athwarthawse, aye, before the mast, high,
high up, in flight, in sail, in the air, in the clouds, on board,
on board ship, on deck, on high, on shipboard, on stilts,
on the peak, on tiptoe, over, overhead, skyward, straight up,
tiptoe, to the zenith, topside, up, upstairs, upward, upwards
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