PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE.
313. The following are the most common to indicate place:—
(1) PLACE WHERE: abaft, about, above, across, amid (amidst), among (amongst), at, athwart, below, beneath, beside, between (betwixt), beyond, in, on, over, under (underneath), upon, round or around, without.
(2) PLACE WHITHER: into, unto, up, through, throughout, to, towards.
(3) PLACE WHENCE: down, from (away from, down from, from out, etc.), off, out of.
Abaft is exclusively a sea term, meaning back of.
Among (or amongst) and between (or betwixt) have a difference in meaning, and usually a difference in use. Among originally meant in the crowd (on gemong), referring to several objects; between and betwixt were originally made up of the preposition be (meaning by) and twēon or twēonum (modern twain), by two, and be with twīh (or twuh), having the same meaning, by two objects.
As to modern use, see "Syntax" (Sec. 459).