adverb, preposition & conjunction. Before.

Before in place; in front: especially in nautical phraseology.

Before in time; previously.

Before in time.

Before in place; nautical, further forward or nearer the bows than: as, afore the windlass.

Before in position, station, or rank.

In or into the presence of; under the regard or notice of.

Before that; before; rather than.

preposition. Before (in all its senses).

preposition. Before; in front of; farther forward than.

preposition. among the common sailors; -- a phrase used to distinguish the ship's crew from the officers.

adverb. Before.

adverb. In the fore part of a vessel.

adverb. Before.

adverb. In the fore part of a ship.

preposition. before

""I asked you if she wan't a Cahoon; Cahoon was her name afore she married Hall, wan't it?""

afore the mast  

afore-  

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before