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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Aloft, Alaft, adv. [e.m.E. (and ME.) aloft, replacing the older Sc. on loft.] a. Up from the ground; in (or into) the air; on high. b. fig. Exalted, elated; excited.

c. In flood. 15.. Clar. i. 1111.
The King in armis hes he taine aloft Ib. v. 2237.
Clariodus buire the Knightis from thair horse alloft 1570 Leslie 212.
The Inglismen began to appeir aloft in the hill 1596 Dalr. II. 3/31.
Now eftire sa mony illustre … victories, his harte was alofte c1590 Fowler I. 7/13.
He … now at last hath pearst the heauens a-laft [: shaft] 1615 Highland P. III. 277.
All the cuntries ar aloft quhat sall succeid a1651 Calderwood VII. 513.
The unseasonable weather beginneth againe … ; waters and brooks were aloft