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2. A virulent poison used in Java and the adjacent islands for poisoning arrows. One kind, upas antiar, is derived from the upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria). Upas tieute is prepared from a climbing plant (Strychnos Tieute).
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Upbar (?), v. t. 1. To fasten with a bar. [R.]
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2. To remove the bar or bards of, as a gate; to under. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Upbear (?), v. t. To bear up; to raise aloft; to support in an elevated situation; to sustain. Spenser.
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One short sigh of breath, upbore
Even to the seat of God. Milton.
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A monstrous wave upbore
The chief, and dashed him on the craggy shore. Pope.
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Upbind (?), v. t. To bind up. [R.] Collins.
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Upblow, v. t. To inflate. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Upblow, v. i. To blow up; as, the wind upblows from the sea. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Upbraid (ŭpbrād), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Upbraided; p. pr. & vb. n. Upbraiding.] [OE. upbreiden; AS. upp up + bregdan to draw, twist, weave, or the kindred Icel. bregða to draw, brandish, braid, deviate from, change, break off, upbraid. See , and , v. t.]
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1. To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach; to cast something in the teeth of; -- followed by with or for, and formerly of, before the thing imputed.
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And upbraided them with their unbelief. Mark xvi. 14.
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Vet do not
Upbraid us our distress. Shak.
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2. To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide.
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Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done. Matt. xi. 20
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How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness! Sir P. Sidney.
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3. To treat with contempt. [Obs.] Spenser.
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4. To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; -- with to before the person. [Obs.] Bacon.
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Syn. -- To reproach; blame; censure; condemn.
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Upbraid, v. i. To utter upbraidings. Pope.
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Upbraid, n. The act of reproaching; contumely. [Obs.] “ Foul upbraid.” Spenser.
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Upbreak (ŭpbrāk), v. i. To break upwards; to force away or passage to the surface.
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Upbreak (ŭpbrāk), n. A breaking upward or bursting forth; an upburst. Mrs. Browning.
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Upbreathe (ŭpbrē�), v. i. To breathe up or out; to exhale. [Obs.] Marston.
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Upbreed (ŭpbrēd), v. t. To rear, or bring up; to nurse. “Upbred in a foreign country.” Holinshed.
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Upbrought (?), a. Brought up; educated. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Upbuoyance (?), n. The act of buoying up; uplifting. [R.] Coleridge.
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Upburst (?), n. The act of bursting upwards; a breaking through to the surface; an upbreak or uprush; as, an upburst of molten matter.
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Upcast (?), a. Cast up; thrown upward; as, with upcast eyes. Addison.
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Upcast (?), n. 1. (Bowling) A cast; a throw. Shak.
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2. (Mining.) The ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air passes after having circulated through the mine; -- distinguished from the downcast. Called also upcast pit, and upcast shaft.
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3. An upset, as from a carriage. [Scot.]
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4. A taunt; a reproach. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
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Upcast (?), v. t. 1. To cast or throw up; to turn upward. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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2. To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid. [Scot.]
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Upcaught (?), a. Seized or caught up. “ She bears upcaught a mariner away.” Cowper.
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Upcheer (?), v. t. To cheer up. Spenser.
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Upclimb (?), v. t. & i. To climb up; to ascend.
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Upclomb the shadowy pine above the woven copse. Tennyson.
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Upcoil (?), v. t. & i. To coil up; to make into a coil, or to be made into a coil.
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Upcountry (?), adv. In an upcountry direction; as, to live upcountry. [Colloq.]
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Upcountry, a. Living or situated remote from the seacoast; as, an upcountry residence. [Colloq.] -- n. The interior of the country. [Colloq.]
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Upcurl (?), v. t. To curl up. [R.] Tennyson.
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Updive (?), v. i. To spring upward; to rise. [R.] Davies (Microcosmos).
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Updraw (?), v. t. To draw up. [R.] Milton.
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Upend (?), v. t. To end up; to set on end, as a cask.
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Upeygan (?), n. (Zoöl.) The borele.
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Upfill (?), v. t. To fill up. [Obs.]
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Upflow (?), v. i. To flow or stream up. Southey.
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Upflung (?), a. Flung or thrown up.
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Upgather (?), v. t. To gather up; to contract; to draw together. [Obs.]
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Himself he close upgathered more and more. Spenser.
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Upgaze (?), v. i. To gaze upward. Byron.
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Upgive (?), v. t. To give up or out. [Obs.]
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Upgrow (?), v. i. To grow up. [R.] Milton.
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Upgrowth (?), n. The process or result of growing up; progress; development.
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The new and mighty upgrowth of poetry in Italy. J. R. Green.
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Upgush (?), n. A gushing upward. Hawthorne.
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Upgush (?), v. i. To gush upward.
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Uphaf (?), obs. imp. of . Chaucer.
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Uphand (?), a. Lifted by the hand, or by both hands; as, the uphand sledge. [R.] Moxon.
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Uphang (?), v. t. To hang up. Spenser.
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Uphasp (?), v. t. To hasp or faster up; to close; as, sleep uphasps the eyes. [R.] Stanyhurst.
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Upheaped (?), a. Piled up; accumulated.
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God, which shall repay all with upheaped measure. Udall.
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Upheaval (?), n. The act of upheaving, or the state of being upheaved; esp., an elevation of a portion of the earth's crust. Lubbock.
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Upheave, v. t. To heave or lift up from beneath; to raise. Milton.
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Upheld (?), imp. & p. p. of .
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Upher (?), n. (Arch.) A fir pole of from four to seven inches diameter, and twenty to forty feet long, sometimes roughly hewn, used for scaffoldings, and sometimes for slight and common roofs, for which use it is split. [Spelt also ufer.] [Eng.] Gwilt.
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Uphill (?), adv. Upwards on, or as on, a hillside; as, to walk uphill.
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Uphill (?), a. 1. Ascending; going up; as, an uphill road.
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2. Attended with labor; difficult; as, uphill work.
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Uphilt (?), v. t. To thrust in up to the hilt; as, to uphilt one's sword into an enemy. [R.] Stanyhurst.
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Uphoard (?), v. t. To hoard up. [Obs.] Shak.
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Uphold (?), v. t. 1. To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.
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The mournful train with groans, and hands upheld.
Besought his pity. Dryden.
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2. To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling; to maintain.
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Honor shall uphold the humble in spirit. Prov. xxix 3.
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Faulconbridge,
In spite of spite, alone upholds the day. Shak.
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3. To aid by approval or encouragement; to countenance; as, to uphold a person in wrongdoing.
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Upholder (?), n. [Up + holder. Cf. .]
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1. A broker or auctioneer; a tradesman. [Obs.]
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2. An undertaker, or provider for funerals. [Obs.]
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The upholder, rueful harbinger of death. Gay.
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3. An upholsterer. [Obs.]
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4. One who, or that which, upholds; a supporter; a defender; a sustainer.
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Upholster (?), v. t. [See .] To furnish (rooms, carriages, bedsteads, chairs, etc.) with hangings, coverings, cushions, etc.; to adorn with furnishings in cloth, velvet, silk, etc.; as, to upholster a couch; to upholster a room with curtains.
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Upholster, n. 1. A broker. [Obs.] Caxton.
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2. An upholsterer. [Obs.] Strype.
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Upholsterer (?), n. [A substitution for older upholder, in OE., broker, tradesman, and formerly also written upholster, upholdster. See , and .] One who provides hangings, coverings, cushions, curtains, and the like; one who upholsters.
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Coloq. Upholsterer bee . (Zoöl.) See Poppy bee, under .
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Upholstery (?), n. The articles or goods supplied by upholsterers; the business or work of an upholsterer.
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Uphroe (?), n. (Naut.) Same as .
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Upkeep (?), n. 1. The act of keeping up, or maintaining; maintenance of persons, organizations, or objects such as machinery, by providing a location, repairs, and consumable items when necessary. “Horse artillery . . . expensive in the upkeep.” Scribner's Mag.
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Small outlays for repairs or upkeep of buildings. A. R. Colquhoun.
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2. the cost of providing upkeep{1}.
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Upland (?), n. 1. High land; ground elevated above the meadows and intervals which lie on the banks of rivers, near the sea, or between hills; land which is generally dry; -- opposed to lowland, meadow, marsh, swamp, interval, and the like.
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2. The country, as distinguished from the neighborhood of towns. [Obs.]
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Upland, a. 1. Of or pertaining to uplands; being on upland; high in situation; as, upland inhabitants; upland pasturage.
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Sometimes, with secure delight
The upland hamlets will invite. Milton.
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2. Pertaining to the country, as distinguished from the neighborhood of towns; rustic; rude; unpolished. [Obs.W2] “ The race of upland giants.” Chapman.
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Coloq. Upland moccasin . (Zoöl.) See . -- Coloq. Upland sandpiper , or Coloq. Upland plover (Zoöl.), a large American sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) much valued as a game bird. Unlike most sandpipers, it frequents fields and uplands. Called also Bartramian sandpiper, Bartram's tattler, field plover, grass plover, highland plover, hillbird, humility, prairie plover, prairie pigeon, prairie snipe, papabote, quaily, and uplander. -- Coloq. Upland sumach (Bot.), a North American shrub of the genus Rhus (Rhus glabra), used in tanning and dyeing.
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Uplander (?), n. 1. One dwelling in the upland; hence, a countryman; a rustic. [Obs.]
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2. (Zoöl.) The upland sandpiper. [Local, U. S.]
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Uplandish (?), a. Of or pertaining to uplands; dwelling on high lands. [Obs.] Chapman.
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2. Rude; rustic; unpolished; uncivilized. [Obs.]
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His presence made the rudest peasant melt,
That in the wild, uplandish country dwelt. Marlowe.
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Uplay (?), v. t. To hoard. [Obs.] Donne.
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Uplead (?), v. t. To lead upward. [Obs.]
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Uplean (?), v. i. To lean or incline upon anything. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Uplift (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Uplifting.] To lift or raise aloft; to raise; to elevate; as, to uplift the arm; to uplift a rock. Cowper.
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Satan, talking to his nearest mate,
With head uplift above the wave, and eyes
That sparkling blazed. Milton.
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Uplift (?), n. (Geol.) A raising or upheaval of strata so as to disturb their regularity and uniformity, and to occasion folds, dislocations, and the like.
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Up-line (?), n. (Railroad) A line or track leading from the provinces toward the metropolis or a principal terminus; the track upon which up-trains run. See . [Eng.]
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Uplock (?), v. t. To lock up. [Obs.] Shak.
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Uplook (?), v. i. To look or gaze up. [Obs.]
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Upmost (?), a. [Cf. .] Highest; topmost; uppermost. Spenser. Dryden.
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Upokororo (?), n. [From the native Maori name.] (Zoöl.) An edible fresh-water New Zealand fish (Prototroctes oxyrhynchus) of the family Haplochitonidæ. In general appearance and habits, it resembles the northern lake whitefishes and trout. Called also grayling.
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Upon (?), prep.[AS. uppan, uppon; upp up + on, an, on. See , and .] On; -- used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable. “Upon an hill of flowers.” Chaucer.
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Our host upon his stirrups stood anon. Chaucer.
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Thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar. Ex. xxix. 21.
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The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. Judg. xvi. 9.
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As I did stand my watch upon the hill. Shak.
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He made a great difference between people that did rebel upon wantonness, and them that did rebel upon want. Bacon.
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This advantage we lost upon the invention of firearms. Addison.
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Upon the whole, it will be necessary to avoid that perpetual repetition of the same epithets which we find in Homer. Pope.
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He had abandoned the frontiers, retiring upon Glasgow. Sir. W. Scott.
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Philip swore upon the Evangelists to abstain from aggression in my absence. Landor.
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☞ Upon conveys a more distinct notion that on carries with it of something that literally or metaphorically bears or supports. It is less employed than it used to be, on having for the most part taken its place. Some expressions formed with it belong only to old style; as, upon pity they were taken away; that is, in consequence of pity: upon the rate of thirty thousand; that is, amounting to the rate: to die upon the hand; that is, by means of the hand: he had a garment upon; that is, upon himself: the time is coming fast upon; that is, upon the present time. By the omission of its object, upon acquires an adverbial sense, as in the last two examples.
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Coloq. To assure upon (Law), to promise; to undertake. -- Coloq. To come upon . See under . -- Coloq. To take upon , to assume.
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Up-over, a. (Mining & Civil Eng.) Designating a method of shaft excavation by drifting to a point below, and then raising instead of sinking.
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Uppent (?), a. A Pent up; confined. [Obs.]
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Upper (?), a.; comp. of . Being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in place, position, rank, dignity, or the like; superior; as, the upper lip; the upper side of a thing; the upper house of a legislature.
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Coloq. The upper hand , the superiority; the advantage. See To have the upper hand, under . Jowett (Thucyd.). -- Coloq. Upper Bench (Eng. Hist.), the name of the highest court of common law (formerly King's Bench) during the Commonwealth. -- Coloq. Upper case , the top one of a pair of compositor's cases. See the Note under 1st , n., 3. -- Coloq. Upper covert (Zoöl.), one of the coverts situated above the bases of the tail quills. -- Coloq. Upper deck (Naut.), the topmost deck of any vessel; the spar deck. -- Coloq. Upper leather , the leather for the vamps and quarters of shoes. -- Coloq. Upper strake (Naut.), the strake next to the deck, usually of hard wood, and heavier than the other strakes. -- Coloq. Upper ten thousand , or (abbreviated) Coloq. Upper ten , the ten thousand, more or less, who are highest in position or wealth; the upper class; the aristocracy. [Colloq.] -- Coloq. Upper topsail (Naut.), the upper half of a double topsail. -- Coloq. Upper works (Naut.), all those parts of the hull of a vessel that are properly above water. -- Coloq. Upper world . (a) The atmosphere. (b) Heaven. (c) This world; the earth; -- in distinction from the underworld.
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Upper, n. The upper leather for a shoe; a vamp.
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Uppermost (?), a. [From , ; formed like aftermost. Cf. .] Highest in place, position, rank, power, or the like; upmost; supreme.
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Whatever faction happens to be uppermost. Swift.
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Uppertendom (?), n. [Upper ten + -dom.] The highest class in society; the upper ten. See Upper ten, under . [Colloq.]
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Uppile (?), v. t. To pile, or heap, up. Southey.
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Uppish (?), a. [From .] Proud; arrogant; assuming; putting on airs of superiority. [Colloq.] T. Brown. -- Uppishly, adv. [Colloq.] -- Uppishness, n. [Colloq.]
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Upplight (?), obs. imp. & p. p. of .
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Uppluck (?), v. t. To pull or pluck up. [Obs.]
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Uppricked (?), a. Upraised; erect; -- said of the ears of an animal. Mason.
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Upprop (?), v. t. To prop up. Donne.
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Upraise (?), v. t. To raise; to lift up.
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Uprear (?), v. t. To raise; to erect. Byron.
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Upridged (?), a. Raised up in a ridge or ridges; as, a billow upridged. Cowper.
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Upright (?), a. [AS. upright, uppriht. See , and , a.] 1. In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree.
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With chattering teeth, and bristling hair upright. Dryden.
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All have their ears upright. Spenser.
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2. Morally erect; having rectitude; honest; just; as, a man upright in all his ways.
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And that man [Job] was perfect and upright. Job i. 1.
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3. Conformable to moral rectitude.
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Conscience rewards upright conduct with pleasure. J. M. Mason.
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4. Stretched out face upward; flat on the back. [Obs.] “ He lay upright.” Chaucer.
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5. (Golf) Designating a club in which the head is approximately at a right angle with the shaft.
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Coloq. Upright drill (Mach.), a drilling machine having the spindle vertical.
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☞ This word and its derivatives are usually pronounced in prose with the accent on the first syllable. But they are frequently pronounced with the accent on the second in poetry, and the accent on either syllable is admissible.
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Upright, n. 1. Something standing upright, as a piece of timber in a building. See Illust. of .
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2. (Basketwork) A tool made from a flat strip of steel with chisel edges at both ends, bent into horseshoe, the opening between the cutting edges being adjustable, used for reducing splits to skeins. Called in full upright shave.
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3. (Football) the vertical part of a goalpost, especially the part above the horizontal bar; as, a field goal directly between the uprights.
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Uprighteously (?), adv. [See .] In an upright or just manner. [Obs.] Shak.
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