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• afore

  afore, aforem see absum. ...

  An Elementary Latin Dictionary

• Afore

  ·prep Before (in all its senses). II. Afore ·adv In the fore part of a vessel. III. Afore ·adv <<B...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• afore

  (Sax. æforan.) Before; sooner in time; in front; rather than.--Todd's Johnson. This old word is go...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• afore

  A Saxon word opposed to abaft, and signifying that part of the ship which lies forward or near the s...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• afore haul!

  See let go and haul! ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• afore the mast

  See before the mast. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book