adv. [ Pref. a- + loft, which properly meant air. See Loft. ]
prep. Above; on top of. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Fresh waters run aloft the sea. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]
pos>n. [ Prop., a loft where cocks roost. ] An upper loft; a garret; the highest room in a building. Dryden. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A loft for corn; a granary. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A loft or scaffold for hay. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. & i.
n. [ Icel. lopt air, heaven, loft, upper room; akin to AS. lyft air, G. luft, Dan. loft loft, Goth. luftus air. Cf. Lift, v. & n. ]
Eutychus . . . fell down from the third loft. Acts xx. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]
On loft,
a. Lofty; proud. [ R. & Obs. ] Surrey. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To make or furnish with a loft; to cause to have loft;
A wooden club with a lofted face. Encyc. of Sport. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. (Golf) An iron club with a sloped face, used in lofting the ball; -- called also
adv. [ From Lofty. ] In a lofty manner or position; haughtily. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state or quality of being lofty. [ 1913 Webster ]
. (Golf) Same as Lofter. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
a.
See lofty Lebanon his head advance. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity. Is. lvii. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]
Lofty and sour to them that loved him not. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme. Milton.
adv. Aloft; above ground. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
She kept her father's life onloft. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]