3. Unfixed; moving without guide or control; adrift; as, our affairs are all afloat.
Aflow
(A*flow") adv. & a. [Pref. a- + flow.] Flowing.
Their founts aflow with tears.
R. Browning.
Aflush
(A*flush") adv. & a. [Pref. a- + flush, n.] In a flushed or blushing state.
Aflush
(A*flush"), adv. & a. [Pref. a- + flush, a.] On a level.
The bank is . . . aflush with the sea.
Swinburne.
Aflutter
(A*flut"ter) adv. & a. [Pref. a- + flutter.] In a flutter; agitated.
Afoam
(A*foam") adv. & a. [Pref. a- + foam.] In a foaming state; as, the sea is all afoam.
Afoot
(A*foot") adv. [Pref. a- + foot.]
1. On foot.
We 'll walk afoot a while.
Shak.
2. Fig.: In motion; in action; astir; in progress.
The matter being afoot.
Shak.
Afore
(A*fore") adv. [OE. afore, aforn, AS. onforan or ætforan; pref. a- + fore.]
1. Before. [Obs.]
If he have never drunk wine afore.
Shak.
2. (Naut.) In the fore part of a vessel.
Afore
(A*fore"), prep.
1. Before [Archaic]
2. (Naut.) 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.
