Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb, preposition & conjunction Before.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Before in place; in front: especially in nautical phraseology.
- Before in time; previously.
- Before in time.
- Before in place; nautical, further forward or nearer the bows than: as, afore the windlass.
- Before in position, station, or rank.
- In or into the presence of; under the regard or notice of.
- Before that; before; rather than.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb obsolete Before.
- adverb (Naut.) In the fore part of a vessel.
- preposition Archaic Before (in all its senses).
- preposition (Naut.) Before; in front of; farther forward than.
- preposition among the common sailors; -- a phrase used to distinguish the ship's crew from the officers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb dialect
Before . - adverb nautical In the
fore part of aship . - preposition
before
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"I asked you if she wan't a Cahoon; Cahoon was her name afore she married Hall, wan't it?"
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"Blest if I've ever 'eard the lingo afore," said Bill.
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Noo she's in afore the King, bowed doon upon a knee
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Why, a vagrant's a chap that, if he'd all your master owns to-morrow, he'd be on the tramp again afore t 'year were out, and three years wouldn't repair t' mischief he'd leave behind him.
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The kerrige's lined with blue satin, 'n' never was sot in afore this mornin '.
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Folks oughtenter lay up their treasures on airth; I could n't help thinkin 'on 't, when I see Tiny a wearin' them jewels, jest how vain an 'transitory everythin' is, an 'how the women 't has worn 'em afore is all turned to dust, an' lyin 'in their graves.
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"Why weren't we called afore?" asked one of the party.
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Shields, years ago; and he called him by his name afore they were well out o 't' river.
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Shields, years ago; and he called him by his name afore they were well out o 't' river.
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I hadn’t time to ask him a word afore he was gone. An’
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