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Sublime :: Sublime (superl.) Lifted up; high in place; exalted aloft; uplifted; lofty.

Mount :: Mount (n.) To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; -- often with up.

Keep :: Keep (v. i.) To remain in any position or state; to continue; to abide; to stay; as, to keep at a distance; to keep aloft; to keep near; to keep in the house; to keep before or behind; to keep in favor; to keep out of company, or out reach..

Pensible :: Pensible (a.) Held aloft.

Ballooning Spider :: Ballooning spider () A spider which has the habit of rising into the air. Many kinds ( esp. species of Lycosa) do this while young by ejecting threads of silk until the force of the wind upon them carries the spider aloft.

Lay :: Lay (v. i.) To take a position; to come or go; as, to lay forward; to lay aloft..

Upbear :: Upbear (v. t.) To bear up; to raise aloft; to support in an elevated situation; to sustain.

Heft :: Heft (v. t.) To heave up; to raise aloft.

Upsway :: Upsway (v. t.) To sway or swing aloft; as, to upsway a club..

Aheight :: Aheight (adv.) Aloft; on high.

Uplift :: Uplift (v. t.) To lift or raise aloft; to raise; to elevate; as, to uplift the arm; to uplift a rock..

Top :: Top (n.) A platform surrounding the head of the lower mast and projecting on all sudes. It serves to spead the topmast rigging, thus strengheningthe mast, and also furnishes a convenient standing place for the men aloft..

Onloft :: Onloft (adv.) Aloft; above ground.

High-palmed :: High-palmed (a.) Having high antlers; bearing full-grown antlers aloft.

Parbuckle :: Parbuckle (n.) A kind of purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical burden, as a cask. The middle of a long rope is made fast aloft, and both parts are looped around the object, which rests in the loops, and rolls in them as the ends are hauled up or payed out..

Overhead :: Overhead (adv.) Aloft; above; in or attached to the ceiling or roof; in the story or upon the floor above; in the zenith.

A- :: A- () A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various sources. (1) It frequently signifies on or in (from an, a forms of AS. on), denoting a state, as in afoot, on foot, abed, amiss, asleep, aground, aloft, away (AS. onweg), and analogically, ablaze, atremble, etc. (2) AS. of off, from, as in adown (AS. ofd/ne off the dun or hill). (3) AS. a- (Goth. us-, ur-, Ger. er-), usually giving an intensive force, and sometimes the sense of away, on, back, as in arise, abide, ago. (4) Old English

Aerial :: Aerial (a.) Rising aloft in air; high; lofty; as, aerial spires..

Low :: Low (adv.) In a low position or manner; not aloft; not on high; near the ground.

High-raised :: High-raised (a.) Elevated; raised aloft; upreared.

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