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aloft | x |

As an adverb aloft

is in the air; in the sky.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

aloft

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • in the air; in the sky
    • high winds aloft
  • above, overhead, in a high place; up
  • * 1883 , :
    • Someone's turned the chest out alow and aloft .
  • * 1954 , :
    • He noticed that he still held the knife aloft and brought his arm down, replacing the blade in the sheath.
  • (nautical) in the top, at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging.
  • * 1859 , , The Red Rover: A Tale :
    • I think you said something concerning the manner in which yonder ship has anchored, and of the condition they keep things alow and aloft ?

    Related terms

    * loft * lofty

    See also

    * alow

    Anagrams

    * float

    References

    *

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----