A-lŏng'1, adv.
(21), adv. [A-S. andlang, ondlong, O. Eng. endelong, endelonge, Ger. entlang, from the A-S. prefix and, ond, against, toward, Goth. and, anda, O. H. Ger. ant, ent, int, Ger. ent, ant, Gr. ἀντί, Skr. ati and lang, long, a., long.]
Sense 1. By the length; in a line with the length; lengthwise.
Some laid along, on spokes of wheels are hung. Dryden.
Sense 2. In a line, or with a progressive motion; onward; forward.
He struck with his o'ertaking wings, And chased us south along. Coleridge.
Sense 3. In company; together. “He shall to England along with you.” Shak.
Along of, denotes owing to, or on account of; as in Shakespeare, when the mayor was willing to have the troops come in, “so 'twere not 'long of him;” i. e., not owing to his leave. So too in the London Punch, “This increase of price is all along of the foreigners.” All along, the whole way, (distance, or length;—prostrate. — Along-side (Naut.), side by side. — Along shore, by the shore or coast; lengthwise, and near the shore. Totten.