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1. abaft, adv. and prep. View full entry a1400
...Chiefly Naut. To or towards the rear; backward....
2. aboard, adv. and prep. View full entry a1393
...Alongside, on one side (of a ship or a shore). Freq. modified by hard, close. See also board on boardboard12d....
3. about, adv., prep.1, adj., and int. View full entry eOE
...In rotation or revolution; round in a circular course. Now rare except in fig. use with verbs....
4. abreast, adv. and prep. View full entry a1450
...Side by side and facing or moving in the same direction. Cf. breast7....
5. abroad, adv., prep., and n. View full entry c1300
...Over a broad or wide area; widely, broadly; †so as to be fully open or outspread (obs.). In later use more commonly with reference to non-physical things, as news, information,...
6. across, adv., prep., and adj. View full entry a1250
...In the form of a cross, crosswise; crossing each other, crossed. Now rare....
7. afterward, adv., prep., adj., conj., and n. View full entry OE
...Behind in place or position; in the rear; further back. Obs....
8. ahead, adv., prep., and adj. View full entry 1530
...With run, in figurative contexts: headlong; unrestrainedly, rashly, hastily. Cf. on head (head1f(c)(i)). Obs....
9. aloft, adv. and prep. View full entry ?c1200
...Above, high up; at a high elevation in relation to an observer; overhead....
10. along, adj.2, prep., and adv. View full entry eOE
...Modifying a period of time, used to denote that something continues for the full extent of the period concerned: throughout the whole length of; for the entirety of. Obs....
11. alongside, adv. and prep. View full entry 1704
...Naut. Close to the side of another vessel; side by side with another vessel. Later also: secured to a quay, wharf, etc. Freq. with of....
12. alongst, prep. and adv. View full entry OE
...= along1....
13. aloof, adv., int., adj., and prep. View full entry a1535
...Naut. To the windward side; towards the direction from which the wind blows; (in later use) esp. on a course close to the wind, usually so as to stay...
14. alow, adv.1 and prep. View full entry c1400
...With reference to position: low or lower down; below something; down low. Now chiefly Sc....
15. astern, adv. and prep. View full entry 1627
...Of position: In or at the stern....
16. at, prep. View full entry 755
...The most general determination of simple localization in space, expressing, strictly, the simple relation of a thing to a point of space which it touches; hence, usually determining a point or object...
17. athwart, adv. and prep. View full entry c1470
...Across from side to side, transversely; usually, but not necessarily, in an oblique direction....
18. a-weather, adv. and prep. View full entry 1589
...Towards the weather or windward side, in the direction from which the wind blows; esp. in helm a-weather (see quot. 1867B.); opposed to a...
19. baft, adv. and prep. View full entry a800
...Of place: Behind, in the rear; in later usage only Naut.: Astern, aft, abaft. arch....
20. before, adv., prep., conj., adj., and n. View full entry OE
...Of motion: Ahead, in advance, in front....
