Part 235

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Unfixed; moving without guide or control; adrift; <as>as, our affairs are all <ex>afloat</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Aflow</h1> <Xpage=30>

<hw>A*flow"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv. & a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>flow</ets>.]</ety> <def>Flowing.</def>

<blockquote>Their founts <b>aflow</b> with tears. <i>R. Browning.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Aflush</h1> <Xpage=30>

<hw>A*flush"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv. & a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>flush</ets>, n.]</ety> <def>In a flushed or blushing state.</def>

<h1>Aflush</h1> <Xpage=30>

<hw>A*flush"</hw>, <tt>adv. & a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>flush</ets>, a.]</ety> <def>On a level.</def>

<blockquote>The bank is . . . <b>aflush</b> with the sea. <i>Swinburne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Aflutter</h1> <Xpage=30>

<hw>A*flut"ter</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv. & a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>flutter</ets>.]</ety> <def>In a flutter; agitated.</def>

<h1>Afoam</h1> <Xpage=30>

<hw>A*foam"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv. & a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>foam</ets>.]</ety> <def>In a foaming state; <as>as, the sea is all <ex>afoam</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Afoot</h1> <Xpage=30>

<hw>A*foot"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>foot</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>On foot.</def>

<blockquote>We 'll walk <b>afoot</b> a while. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fig.: In motion; in action; astir; in progress.</def>

<blockquote>The matter being <b>afoot</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Afore</h1> <Xpage=30>

<hw>A*fore"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>afore</ets>, <ets>aforn</ets>, AS. <ets>onforan</ets> or <ets>\'91tforan</ets>; pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>fore</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Before.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>If he have never drunk wine <b>afore</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>In the fore part of a vessel.</def>

<h1>Afore</h1> <Xpage=30>

<hw>A*fore"</hw>, <tt>prep.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Before (in all its senses).</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Before; in front of; farther forward than; <as>as, <ex>afore</ex> the windlass</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Afore the mast</col>, <cd>among the common sailors; -- a phrase used to distinguish the ship's crew from the officers.</cd></cs>

<h1>Aforecited</h1> <Xpage=30>

<hw>A*fore"cit`ed</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Named or quoted before.</def>