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† aˈlongst, prep. and adv. Obs. or dial.
[orig. alonges, f. along with advb. genitive -es (see also endlongs); but very early corrupted to alongest, alongst, as if it were a superlative form, which perhaps also led to its being considered more emphatic. Cf. against, amongst, amidst, betwixt, etc.]
A. prep.
1. Down or through the length of (in contrast to across, athwart).
1250Lay. 19677 Þar isete in langes [1205 on longen] þane strete. 1470Harding Chron. ccxlii, Passe alongest the brydge. 1533Wriothesley Chron. (1875) I. 21 Fower other tables alongest the hall. 1587Turberville Trag. T. (1837) 30 Alongst the lawnde he kest his eye. 1600Chapman Iliad iv. 227 The herald flew From troop to troop along'st the host. c1630Drummond of Hawthornden James II, Wks. 1711, 29 At a horse's tail, is dragg'd alongst the streets.
2. By the side of, close by, parallel to.
1580C. Hoddesdon in T. Wright Q. Eliz. (1838) II. 115 The malecontents..alongest the frontiers. 1588Cavendish in Beveridge Hist. India (1858) I. i. ix. 210 Alongst the coast of Chili. 1598Sylvester Du Bartas i. i. (1641) 2/1 But 'longst the shore..must coast. 1614Raleigh Hist. World i. 129 Should send Gallies alongst the Coast of the Red Sea. 1633H. Cogan Pinto's Voy. liv. 212 By Land alongst the Rivers side. 1839Stonehouse Axholme 68 Alongst both sides screens, formed of reeds, are set up.
B. adv.
1. In the direction of the length of anything, onwards by the side of something.
1550Nicoll Thucyd. 68 (R.) To sayle alongest by the lande. 1575Turberville Bk. Venerie 156 They follow a furrow, rowting and worming all alongst by some balke. 1599Hakluyt Voy. II. ii. 329 And plied vp alongst till we came within seuen or eight leagues to Cape Trepointes. Ibid. II. 105 This coast all alongst is very lowe.
2. Lengthwise (in contrast to athwart).
1562W. Bullein Dial. Sorenes 14 b, Thinsisscion must be made..alongest. 1737Ozell Rabelais I. i. xliii. 297 Striking athwart and alongst, and every way.
3. In company; side by side, together with: cf. along adv. 3.
1773Ld. Monboddo Lang. I. i. vi. 58 Thus far the brute goes alongst with us. c1817Hogg Tales & Sk. V. 27 The unaccountable monster actually tried to get in alongst with them.
4. On to, or as far as, a place otherwise indicated.
1650Dundas in Carlyle Cromw. (1871) III. 94 Such I hope you will permit to come alongst at the first opportunity.
5. Comb. alongst-ships = along-ships: see along adv. 9.
1628Digby Voy. Medit. (1868) 5 Brought her spritsaile yarde alongst shippes. |