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Definition of Alongst
1. prep. & adv. Along.
Definition of Alongst
1. Adverb. (archaic) along ¹
2. Preposition. (archaic) along ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Alongst
1. along [adv] - See also: along
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alongst
Literary usage of Alongst
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. pennsylvania archives by Samuel Hazard, John Blair Linn, William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, George Edward Reed, Pennsylvania State Library, Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Gertrude MacKinney, Charles Francis Hoban (1877)
"the said Meadow Ground or Valley alongst the River a certain Piece of Land, having
no particular Owner, the which the said William Tom hath requested of me ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1859)
"... as alongst from along, whilst from while, against from again. Anger. Formerly used
in the sense of trouble, torment, grievance. ..."
3. The Bible Word-book: A Glossary of Archaic Words and Phrases in the by William Aldis Wright, Jonathan Eastwood (1884)
"... with blacke and yellow strakes alongst the same, and the middle hairie.
Lyte's Herbal, p. 166. Strange, adj. (Gen. xlii. 7; Ex. xxi. 8 ; Ps. cxiv. ..."
4. The Natural & Moral History of the Indies by José de Acosta (1880)
"That there be other reasons besides the former mentioned- which shew that the
burning Zone is temperate, especially alongst the Ocean. ..."
5. A Sailor's Garland by John Masefield (1908)
"And they overthrew us into the Sea so wide, And alongst, etc. ... And see if this
French Man-of-War thou canst descry, And alongst, etc. A Sayle, a Sayle, ..."
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