A·fore adv.
  1. Before. [Obs.]
     If he have never drunk wine afore.   --Shak.
  2. Naut. In the fore part of a vessel.
  A·fore, prep.
  1. Before (in all its senses). [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.
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