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Afore
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Part of speech: adverb (adv.)
1. Before. [Obs.] If he have never drunk wine afore. Shak.
2. In the fore part of a vessel.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: preposition (prep.)
1. Before (in all its senses). [Archaic]
2. Before; in front of; farther forward than; as, afore the windlass. Afore the mast, among the common sailors; -- a phrase used to distinguish the ship's crew from the officers.