A*loft" , prep. Above; on top
of. [Obs.]
Fresh waters run aloft the sea.
Holland.
A*loft" (?; 115), adv. [Pref. a- + loft, which properly meant air. See Loft.]
1. On high;
in the air;
high above the ground. "He steers his flight aloft."
Milton.
2. (Naut.) In the top; at the mast head, or on the higher yards or rigging; overhead; hence (Fig. and Colloq.), in or to heaven.
Hear it pronounced