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   Along , adv. [OE. along, anlong, AS. andlang, along; pref. and- (akin to OFris. ond-, OHG. ant-, Ger. ent-, Goth. and-, anda-, L. ante, Gr. , Skr. anti, over against) + lang long. See Long.]
   By the length; in a line with the length; lengthwise.
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   Some laid along . . . on spokes of wheels are hung.
   Dryden.
   
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   In a line, or with a progressive motion; onward; forward.
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   We will go along by the king's highway.
   Numb. xxi. 22.
   
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   He struck with his o'ertaking wings,
   And chased us south along.
   Coleridge.
   
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   In company; together.
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   He to England shall along with you.
   Shak.
   
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   All along, all through the course of; during the whole time; throughout.  “I have all along declared this to be a neutral paper.” Addison. -- To get along, to get on; to make progress, as in business. “She 'll get along in heaven better than you or I.” Mrs. Stowe.
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   Along, prep. By the length of, as distinguished from across.  “Along the lowly lands.”  
   Dryden.
   
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   The kine . . . went along the highway.
   1 Sam. vi. 12.
   
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   Along. [AS. gelang owing to.] (Now heard only in the prep. phrase along of.)
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   Along of, Along on, often shortened to Long of, prep. phr., owing to; on account of. [Obs. or Low. Eng.] “On me is not along thin evil fare.” Chaucer. “And all this is long of you.” Shak. “This increase of price is all along of the foreigners.” London Punch.
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