·prep Above; on top of.
II. Aloft ·adv On high; in the air; high above the ground.
III. Aloft ·adv In the top; at the mast head, or on the higher yards or rigging; overhead; hence (Fig. and Colloq.), in or to heaven.
[Anglo-Saxon, alofte, on high]. Above; overhead; on high. Synonymous with up above the tops, at the ...
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The order to the men in the rigging to start up. ...
To call to men in the tops and at the mast-head to "look out," too often an inconsistent bluster fro...
Away aloft. ...
or 'way up! The command when the crew are required aloft to loose, reef, furl sails, or man yards,...
Sail from deck to truck: "every stitch on her." ...