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Top :: Top (v. i.) To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower; as, lofty ridges and topping mountains..

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

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

Towering :: Towering (a.) Very high; elevated; rising aloft; as, a towering height..

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.

Aloft :: Aloft (adv.) In the top; at the mast head, or on the higher yards or rigging; overhead; hence (Fig. and Colloq.), in or to heaven..

Up :: Up (adv.) Aloft; on high; in a direction contrary to that of gravity; toward or in a higher place or position; above; -- the opposite of down.

Pensible :: Pensible (a.) Held aloft.

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

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

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..

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

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

Mount :: Mount (v. t.) To raise aloft; to lift on high.

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

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

Soar :: Soar (v. i.) To fly aloft, as a bird; to mount upward on wings, or as on wings..

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

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

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..

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