AFORE

AFO'RE, adverb or preposition [a and fore.]1. In front.2. Between one object and another, so as to intercept a direct view or intercourse; as, to stand between a person and the light of a candle - a popular use of the word.3. Prior in time; before; anterior; prior time being considered as in front of subsequent time.The grass which withereth afore it groweth up. Psalms 129:6.In all these senses it is now inelegant, and superseded by before.4. In seaman's language, toward the head of the ship; further forward, or nearer the stem; as, afore the windlas. afore the mast, is a phrase which is applied to a common sailor, one who does duty on the main deck, or has no office on board the ship.

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afore. Afore, prep. and ad. before, in front, in time past

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A‐fore″ (�), adv. [[OE. afore, aforn, AS. onforan or ætforan; pref. a- + fore.]] 1. 1. Before.
If he have never drunk wine afore. Shak. 2. 2. (Naut.) In the fore part of a vessel.