A·loft adv.
  1. On high; in the air; high above the ground. “He steers his flight aloft.”
  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.
  A·loft, prep. Above; on top of. [Obs.]
     Fresh waters run aloft the sea.   --Holland.
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  aloft
       adv 1: at or on or to the masthead or upper rigging of a ship;
              "climbed aloft to unfurl the sail"
       2: upward; "the good news sent her spirits aloft"
       3: at or to great height; high up in or into the air; "eagles
          were soaring aloft"; "dust is whirled aloft"
       4: in the higher atmosphere above the earth; "weather
          conditions aloft are fine"