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Uprightly (?), adv. In an upright manner.
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Uprightness (?), n. the quality or state of being upright.
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Uprise (?), v. i. 1. To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon. “Uprose the sun.” Cowley.
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Uprose the virgin with the morning light. Pope.
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2. To have an upward direction or inclination.
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Uprose the mystic mountain range. Tennyson.
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Uprise, n. The act of rising; appearance above the horizon; rising. [R.]
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Did ever raven sing so like a lark,
That gives sweet tidings of the sun's uprise? Shak.
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Uprising, n. 1. Act of rising; also, a steep place; an ascent. “The steep uprising of the hill.” Shak.
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2. An insurrection; a popular revolt. J. P. Peters.
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Uprist (?), n. Uprising. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Uprist, obs. imp. of . Uprose. Chaucer.
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Nor dim nor red, like God's own head
The glorious sun uprist. Coleridge.
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Uproar (?), n. [D. oproer; akin to G. aufruhr, Dan. oprör, Sw. uppror; D. op up + roeren to stir; akin to AS. hr�ran to stir, hr�r stirring, active, G. rühren to stir, OHG. ruoren, Icel. hræra, Dan. röre, Sw. röra. Cf. .] [In verse, sometimes accented on the second syllable.] Great tumult; violent disturbance and noise; noisy confusion; bustle and clamor.
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But the Jews which believed not, . . . set all the city on an uproar. Acts xvii. 5.
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Uproar (?), v. t. To throw into uproar or confusion. [Obs.] “Uproar the universal peace.” Shak.
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Uproar, v. i. To make an uproar. [R.] Carlyle.
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Uproarious (?), a. Making, or accompanied by, uproar, or noise and tumult; as, uproarious merriment.
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-- Uproariously, adv. -- Uproariousness, n.
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Uproll (?), v. t. To roll up. Milton.
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Uproot (?), v. t. To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to remove utterly; to eradicate; to extirpate.
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Trees uprooted left their place. Dryden.
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At his command the uprooted hills retired. Milton.
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Uprouse (?), v. t. To rouse up; to rouse from sleep; to awake; to arouse. Shak.
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Uprun (?), v. i. To run up; to ascend.
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The young sun
That in the Ram is four degrees uprun. Chaucer.
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[A son] of matchless might, who, like a thriving plant,
Upran to manhood. Cowper.
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Uprush (?), v. i. To rush upward. Southey.
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Uprush (?), n. Act of rushing upward; an upbreak or upburst; as, an uprush of lava. R. A. Proctor.
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Upsarokas (?), n. pl. (Ethnol.) See .
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Upscale, a. 1. relating to, or characteristic of, affluent people or people in the upper social classes.
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2. expensive or of high quality.
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Upseek (?), v. i. To seek or strain upward. “Upseeking eyes suffused with . . . tears.” Southey.
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Upsend (?), v. t. To send, cast, or throw up.
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As when some island situate afar . . .
Upsends a smoke to heaven. Cowper.
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Upset (?), v. t. 1. To set up; to put upright. [Obs.] “With sail on mast upset.” R. of Brunne.
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2. (a) To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end. (b) To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends.
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3. To overturn, overthrow, or overset; as, to upset a carriage; to upset an argument. “Determined somehow to upset the situation.” Mrs. Humphry Ward.
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4. To disturb the self-possession of; to disorder the nerves of; to make ill; as, the fright upset her. [Colloq.]
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5. (Basketwork) To turn upwards the outer ends of (stakes) so as to make a foundation for the side of a basket or the like; also, to form (the side) in this manner.
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Upset, v. i. To become upset.
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Upset (?), a. Set up; fixed; determined; -- used chiefly or only in the phrase upset price; that is, the price fixed upon as the minimum for property offered in a public sale, or, in an auction, the price at which property is set up or started by the auctioneer, and the lowest price at which it will be sold.
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After a solemn pause, Mr. Glossin offered the upset price for the lands and barony of Ellangowan. Sir W. Scott.
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Upset, n. The act of upsetting, or the state of being upset; an overturn; as, the wagon had an upset.
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Upsetting (?), a. 1. Conceited; assuming; as, an upsetting fellow. [Scot.] Jamieson.
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2. such as to disturb the self-possession of; unnerving; causing mental distress; as, the sight was an upsetting experience.
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Upsetting thermometer. A thermometer by merely inverting which the temperature may be registered. The column of mercury is broken and, as it remains until the instrument is reset, the reading may be made at leisure.
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Upshoot (?), v. i. To shoot upward. “Trees upshooting high.” Spenser.
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Upshot (?), n. [Up + shot, equivalent to scot share, reckoning. Cf. the phrase to cast up an account.] Final issue; conclusion; the sum and substance; the end; the result; the consummation.
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I can not pursue with any safety this sport to the upshot. Shak.
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We account it frailty that threescore years and ten make the upshot of man's pleasurable existence. De Quincey.
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Upside (?), n. 1. The upper side; the part that is uppermost.
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2. the benefits; the positive features; -- said of a situation or event that has both positive (good) and negative (bad) aspects.
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Coloq. To be upsides with , to be even with. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Sir W. Scott. T. Hughes. -- Coloq. Upside down . [Perhaps a corruption of OE. up so down, literally, up as down.] With the upper part undermost; hence, in confusion; in complete disorder; topsy-turvy. Shak.
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These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also. Acts xvii. 6.
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Upside-down (?), a. having the part normally pointed upward pointed downward; inverted.
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Upside down (?), adv. in such a manner that the part normally pointed upward is pointed downward; same as upsidown and upsodown.
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Upsidown (?), adv. See . [Obs. or Colloq.] Spenser.
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Upsilon (?), n. [Gr. 'y^ psilon bare, mere, simple y.] The 20th letter (Υ, υ) of the Greek alphabet, a vowel having originally the sound of � as in room, becoming before the 4th century b. c. that French u or Ger. ü. Its equivalent in English is u or y.
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Upsitting (?), n. A sitting up of a woman after her confinement, to receive and entertain her friends. [Obs.]
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To invite your lady's upsitting. Beau. & Fl.
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Upskip (?), n. An upstart. [Obs.] Latimer.
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Upsnatch (?), v. t. To snatch up. [R.]
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Upsoar (?), v. i. To soar or mount up. Pope.
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Upsodown (?), adv. [Up + so as + down.] Upside down. [Obs. or Colloq.] Wyclif.
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In man's sin is every manner order or ordinance turned upsodown. Chaucer.
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Upspear (?), v. i. To grow or shoot up like a spear; as, upspearing grass. [R.] Cowper.
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Upspring (?), v. i. To spring up. Tennyson.
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Upspring (?), n. 1. An upstart. [Obs.] “The swaggering upspring.” Shak.
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2. A spring or leap into the air. [R.] Chapman.
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Upspurner (?), n. A spurner or contemner; a despiser; a scoffer. [Obs.] Joye.
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Upstairs (?), adv. Up the stairs; in or toward an upper story.
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Upstairs (?), a. Being above stairs; as, an upstairs room.
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Upstand (?), v. i. To stand up; to be erected; to rise. Spenser. Milton.
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At once upstood the monarch, and upstood
The wise Ulysses. Cowper.
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Upstare (?), v. i. To stare or stand upward; hence, to be uplifted or conspicuous. “Rearing fiercely their upstaring crests.” Spenser.
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Upstart (?), v. i. To start or spring up suddenly. Spenser. Tennyson.
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Upstart (?), n. 1. One who has risen suddenly, as from low life to wealth, power, or honor; a parvenu. Bacon.
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2. (Bot.) The meadow saffron. Dr. Prior.
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Upstart, a. Suddenly raised to prominence or consequence. “A race of upstart creatures.” Milton.
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Upstay (?), v. t. To sustain; to support. [Obs.] “His massy spear upstayed.” Milton.
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Upsterte (?), obs. imp. & p. p. of .
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Upstir (?), n. Insurrection; commotion; disturbance. [Obs.] Sir J. Cheke.
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Upstream (?), adv. Toward the higher part of a stream; against the current.
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Upstreet (?), adv. Toward the higher part of a street; as, to walk upstreet. G. W. Gable.
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Upstroke (?), n. An upward stroke, especially the stroke, or line, made by a writing instrument when moving upward, or from the body of the writer, or a line corresponding to the part of a letter thus made.
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Some upstroke of an Alpha and Omega. Mrs. Browning.
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Upsun (?), n. (Scots Law) The time during which the sun is up, or above the horizon; the time between sunrise and sunset.
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Upswarm (?), v. i. & i. To rise, or cause to rise, in a swarm or swarms. [R.] Shak. Cowper.
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Upsway (?), v. t. To sway or swing aloft; as, to upsway a club. [R.] Sir W. Scott.
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Upswell (?), v. i. To swell or rise up.
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Upsyturvy (?), adv. [Cf. Upside down, under , and .] Upside down; topsy-turvy. [Obs.] Robert Greene.
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Uptails all (?). 1. An old game at cards. [Obs.]
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2. Revelers; roysterers. [Obs.] Decker.
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3. Revelry; confusion; frolic. [Obs.] Herrick.
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Uptake (?), v. t. To take into the hand; to take up; to help. [Obs.] Wyclif. Spenser.
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Uptake (?), n. (Steam Boilers)
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1. The pipe leading upward from the smoke box of a steam boiler to the chimney, or smokestack; a flue leading upward.
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2. Understanding; apprehension. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
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Uptear (?), v. t. To tear up. Milton.
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Upthrow (?), v. t. To throw up. Drayton.
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Upthrow (?), n. (Mining) See , n., 9.
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Upthunder (?), v. i. To send up a noise like thunder. [R.] Coleridge.
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Uptie (?), v. t. To tie up. Spenser.
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Uptill (?), prep. To; against. [Obs. & R.]
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She, poor bird, as all forlorn,
Leaned her breast uptill a thorn. Shak.
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Up-to-date (?), a. Extending to the present time; having style, manners, knowledge, or other qualities that are abreast of the times. “A general up-to-date style of presentment.” Nature. “Everything's up-to-date in Kansas City.”

I must prefer to translate the poet in a manner more congenial if less up-to-date. Andrew Lang.
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up-to-the-minute (?), a. being the most recent available; completely up-to-date especially, including information obtained within the past few minutes; as, up-to-the-minute news.
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Uptown (?), adv. To or in the upper part of a town; as, to go uptown. [Colloq. U. S.]
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Uptown (?), a. Situated in, or belonging to, the upper part of a town or city; as, a uptown street, shop, etc.; uptown society. [Colloq. U. S.]
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Uptrace (?), v. t. To trace up or out.
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Uptrain (?), v. t. To train up; to educate. [Obs.] “Daughters which were well uptrained.” Spenser.
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Up-train (?). 1. A train going in the direction of the metropolis or the main terminus. [Eng.]
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2. A train going in the direction conventionally called up. [U. S.]
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Upturn (?), v. t. To turn up; to direct upward; to throw up; as, to upturn the ground in plowing. “A sea of upturned faces.” D. Webster.
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So scented the grim feature, and upturned
His nostril wide into the murky air. Milton.
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Upupa (?; 277), n. [L., the hoopoe.] (Zoöl.) A genus of birds which includes the common hoopoe.
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Upwaft (?), v. t. To waft upward. Cowper.
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{ Upward (?), Upwards (?), } adv. [AS. upweardes. See , and .]
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1. In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin; -- opposed to downward; as, to tend or roll upward. I. Watts.
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Looking inward, we are stricken dumb; looking upward, we speak and prevail. Hooker.
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2. In the upper parts; above.
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Dagon his name, sea monster, upward man,
And down ward fish. Milton.
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3. Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.
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From twenty years old and upward. Num. i. 3.
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Coloq. Upward of , or Coloq. Upwards of , more than; above.
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I have been your wife in this obedience
Upward of twenty years. Shak.
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Upward, a. [AS. upweard. See , and .] Directed toward a higher place; as, with upward eye; with upward course.
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Upward, n. The upper part; the top. [Obs.]
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From the extremest upward of thy head. Shak.
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Upwhirl (?), v. t. & i. To rise upward in a whirl; to raise upward with a whirling motion.
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Upwind (?), v. t. To wind up. Spenser.
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Up-wind, adv. Against the wind; toward the direction from which the wind is blowing.
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upwind, a. being or moving in the direction from which the wind is blowing.
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Upwreath (?), v. i. To rise with a curling motion; to curl upward, as smoke. Longfellow.
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Upyat (?), obs. imp. of . Chaucer.
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{ Ur (?), Ure }, n. (Zoöl.) The urus.
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Urachus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � urine + � to hold.] (Anat.) A cord or band of fibrous tissue extending from the bladder to the umbilicus.
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Uræmia (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � urine + � blood.] (Med.) Accumulation in the blood of the principles of the urine, producing dangerous disease.
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Uræmic (?), a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to uræmia; as, uræmic convulsions.
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Uræum (?), n. [NL., from Gr. � �, fr. � of the tail; cf. L. uraeus, adj.] (Zoöl.) The posterior half of an animal.
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Uræus (?), n. [NL., fr. L. uraeus pertaining to a tail, Gr. �, fr. � tail.] (Egypt. Archæol.) A serpent, or serpent's head and neck, represented on the front of the headdresses of divinities and sovereigns as an emblem of supreme power.
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Ural (?), a. Pertaining to, or designating, the Urals, a mountain range between Europe and Asia.
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Ural-Altaic (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Urals and the Altai; as the Ural-Altaic, or Turanian, languages.
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Urali (?), n. [See .] See .
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{ Uralian (?), Uralic (?), } a. Of or relating to the Ural Mountains.
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Uralite (?), n. [So called because first observed in the Ural Mountains.] (Min.) Amphibole resulting from the alternation of pyroxene by paramorphism. It is not uncommon in massive eruptive rocks.
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Uralitization (?), n. (Geol.) The change of pyroxene to amphibole by paramorphism.
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Uramil (?), n. (Chem.) Murexan.
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Uranate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of uranic acid.
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Urania (?), n. [L., from Gr. �, i. e., the Heavenly, fr. � heavenly, fr. � heaven.]
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1. (Class. Myth.) One of the nine Muses, daughter of Zeus by Mnemosyne, and patron of astronomy.
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2. (Zoöl.) A genus of large, brilliantly colored moths native of the West Indies and South America. Their bright colored and tailed hind wings and their diurnal flight cause them to closely resemble butterflies.
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Uranian (?), a. (Astron.) Of or pertaining to the planet Uranus; as, the Uranian year.
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Uranic (?), a. 1. Of or pertaining to the heavens; celestial; astronomical.
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On I know not what telluric or uranic principles. Carlyle.
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2. (Chem.) Pertaining to, resembling, or containing uranium; specifically, designating those compounds in which uranium has a valence relatively higher than in uranous compounds.
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Uranin (?), n. (Chem.) An alkaline salt of fluorescein, obtained as a brownish red substance, which is used as a dye; -- so called from the peculiar yellowish green fluorescence (resembling that of uranium glass) of its solutions. See .
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Uraninite (?), n. (Min.) A mineral consisting chiefly of uranium oxide with some lead, thorium, etc., occurring in black octahedrons, also in masses with a pitchlike luster; pitchblende.
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Uraniscoplasty (?), n. [Gr. � top of a tent, plate (fr. � sky) + -plasty.] (Surg.) The process of forming an artificial palate.
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{ Uraniscoraphy, Uraniscorrhaphy } (?), n. [Gr. � the top of a tent, the palate (fr. � sky) + � a seam.] (Surg.) Suture of the palate. See .
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Uranite (?), n. [Cf. G. uranit, F. uranite.] (Min.) A general term for the uranium phosphates, autunite, or lime uranite, and torbernite, or copper uranite.
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Uranitic (?), a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to uranium; containing uranium.
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Uranium (?), n. [NL., from Uranus the planet. See .] (Chem.) An element of the chromium group, found in certain rare minerals, as pitchblende, uranite, etc., and reduced as a heavy, hard, nickel-white metal which is quite permanent. Its yellow oxide is used to impart to glass a delicate greenish-yellow tint which is accompanied by a strong fluorescence, and its black oxide is used as a pigment in porcelain painting. Symbol U. Atomic weight 239.
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☞ Uranium was discovered in the state of an oxide by Klaproth in 1789, and so named in honor of Herschel's discovery of the planet Uranus in 1781.
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{ Uran-ocher, Uran-ochre } (?), n. [Cf. F. uranochre.] (Min.) (a) A yellow, earthy incrustation, consisting essentially of the oxide of uranium, but more or less impure.
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{ Uranographic (?), Uranographical (?), } a. Of or pertaining to uranography; as, an uranographic treatise.
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Uranographist (?), n. One practiced in uranography.
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Uranography (?), n. [Gr. �; � heaven + � to write.] A description or plan of the heavens and the heavenly bodies; the construction of celestial maps, globes, etc.; uranology.
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Uranolite (?), n. [Gr. � heaven + -lite.] A meteorite or aërolite. [Obs.] Hutton.
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Uranology (?), n. [Gr. � heaven + -logy.] A discourse or treatise on the heavens and the heavenly bodies; the study of the heavens; uranography.
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Uranometria (?), n. [NL.] A uranometry.
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Uranometry (?), n. [Gr. � heaven + -metry.] (Astron.) A chart or catalogue of fixed stars, especially of stars visible to the naked eye.
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Uranoplasty (?), n. [See .] (Surg.) The plastic operation for closing a fissure in the hard palate.
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Uranoscopy (?), n. [Gr. � + -scopy.] Observation of the heavens or heavenly bodies.
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Uranoso- (�), a. (Chem.) A combining form (also used adjectively) from uranium; -- used in naming certain complex compounds; as in uranoso-uranic oxide, uranoso-uranic sulphate.
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