afore
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Afore \A*fore"\, adv. [OE. afore, aforn, AS. onforan or [ae]tforan; pref. a- + fore.]
1.Before. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
If he have never drunk wine afore.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
2.(Naut.) In the fore part of a vessel. [1913 Webster]
Afore \A*fore"\, prep.
1.Before (in all its senses). [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
2.(Naut.) Before; in front of; farther forward than; as, afore the windlass. [1913 Webster]
Afore the mast, among the common sailors; -- a phrase used to distinguish the ship's crew from the officers. [1913 Webster]