Chapter 1813

Un*yold"en (?) , a. Not yielded. [Obs.] "[By] force . . . is he taken unyolden ."

Sir T. Browne.

Unzoned <Xpage=1583>

Un*zoned" (?) , a. Not zoned; not bound with a girdle; as, an unzoned bosom .

Prior.

Up <Xpage=1583>

Up (?) , adv. [AS. up , upp , <?/p ; akin to OFries. up , op , D. op , OS. <?/p , OHG. <?/f , G. auf , Icel. <?/ Sw. upp , Dan. op , Goth. iup , and probably to E. over . See Over .]

1. Aloft; on high; in a direction contrary to that of gravity; toward or in a higher place or position; above; -- the opposite of down .

But up or down, By center or eccentric, hard to tell. Milton.

2. Hence, in many derived uses, specifically: --

(a) From a lower to a higher position, literally or figuratively; as, from a recumbent or sitting position; from the mouth, toward the source, of a river; from a dependent or inferior condition; from concealment; from younger age; from a quiet state, or the like; -- used with verbs of motion expressed or implied.

But they presumed to go up unto the hilltop. Num. xiv. 44.

I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up . Ps. lxxxviii. 15.

Up rose the sun, and up rose Emelye. Chaucer.

We have wrought ourselves up into this degree of Christian indifference. Atterbury.

(b) In a higher place or position, literally or figuratively; in the state of having arisen; in an upright, or nearly upright, position; standing; mounted on a horse; in a condition of elevation, prominence, advance, proficiency, excitement, insurrection, or the like; -- used with verbs of rest, situation, condition, and the like; as, to be up on a hill; the lid of the box was up ; prices are up .

And when the sun was up , they were scorched. Matt. xiii. 6.

Those that were up themselves kept others low. Spenser.

Helen was up -- was she? Shak.

Rebels there are up , And put the Englishmen unto the sword. Shak.

His name was up through all the adjoining provinces, even to Italy and Rome; many desiring to see who he was that could withstand so many years the Roman puissance. Milton.

Thou hast fired me; my soul's up in arms. Dryden.

Grief and passion are like floods raised in little brooks by a sudden rain; they are quickly up . Dryden.

A general whisper ran among the country people, that Sir Roger was up . Addison.

Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate. Longfellow.

(c) To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, or the like; -- usually followed by to or with ; as, to be up to the chin in water; to come up with one's companions; to come up with the enemy; to live up to engagements .

As a boar was whetting his teeth, up comes a fox to him. L'Estrange.

(d) To or in a state of completion; completely; wholly; quite; as, in the phrases to eat up ; to drink up ; to burn up ; to sum up ; etc.; to shut up the eyes or the mouth; to sew up a rent .

&hand; Some phrases of this kind are now obsolete; as, to spend up ( Prov. xxi. 20 ); to kill up ( B. Jonson ).

(e) Aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up your weapons .

&hand; Up is used elliptically for get up , rouse up , etc., expressing a command or exhortation. " Up , and let us be going." Judg. xix. 28 .

Up , up , my friend! and quit your books, Or surely you 'll grow double. Wordsworth.

It is all up with him , it is all over with him; he is lost. -- The time is up , the allotted time is past. -- To be up in , to be informed about; to be versed in. "Anxious that their sons should be well up in the superstitions of two thousand years ago." H. Spencer . -- To be up to . (a) To be equal to, or prepared for; as, he is up to the business, or the emergency. [Colloq.] (b) To be engaged in; to purpose, with the idea of doing ill or mischief; as, I don't know what he's up to . [Colloq.] -- To blow up . (a) To inflate; to distend. (b) To destroy by an explosion from beneath. (c) To explode; as, the boiler blew up . (d) To reprove angrily; to scold. [Slang] -- To bring up . See under Bring , v. t. -- To come up with . See under Come , v. i. -- To cut up . See under Cut , v. t. & i. -- To draw up . See under Draw , v. t. -- To grow up , to grow to maturity. -- Up anchor (Naut.) , the order to man the windlass preparatory to hauling up the anchor. -- Up and down . (a) First up, and then down; from one state or position to another. See under Down , adv.

Fortune . . . led him up and down . Chaucer.

(b) (Naut.) Vertical; perpendicular; -- said of the cable when the anchor is under, or nearly under, the hawse hole, and the cable is taut. Totten . -- Up helm (Naut.) , the order given to move the tiller toward the upper, or windward, side of a vessel. -- Up to snuff . See under Snuff . [Slang] -- What is up? What is going on? [Slang] <-- what's up? what's happening? -->

Up <Xpage=1583>

Up , prep. 1. From a lower to a higher place on, upon, or along; at a higher situation upon; at the top of.

In going up a hill, the knees will be most weary; in going down, the thihgs. Bacon.

2. From the coast towards the interior of, as a country; from the mouth towards the source of, as a stream; as, to journey up the country; to sail up the Hudson .

3. Upon. [Obs.] " Up pain of death."

Chaucer.

Up <Xpage=1583>

Up , n. The state of being up or above; a state of elevation, prosperity, or the like; -- rarely occurring except in the phrase ups and downs . [Colloq.]

Ups and downs , alternate states of elevation and depression, or of prosperity and the contrary. [Colloq.]

They had their ups and downs of fortune. Thackeray.

Up <Xpage=1583>

Up , a. Inclining up; tending or going up; upward; as, an up look; an up grade; the up train .

Upas <Xpage=1583>

U"pas (?) , n. [Malay p<?/hn-<?/pas ; p<?/hn a tree + <?/pas poison.]

1. (Bot.) A tree ( Antiaris toxicaria ) of the Breadfruit family, common in the forests of Java and the neighboring islands. Its secretions are poisonous, and it has been fabulously reported that the atmosphere about it is deleterious. Called also bohun upas .

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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 upas tree ( Antiaris toxicaria ). Upas tieute is prepared from a climbing plant ( Strychnos Tieute ).

Upbar <Xpage=1584>

Up*bar" (?) , v. t. 1. To fasten with a bar. [R.]

2. To remove the bar or bards of, as a gate; to under. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Upbear <Xpage=1584>

Up*bear" (?) , v. t. To bear up; to raise aloft; to support in an elevated situation; to sustain.

Spenser.

One short sigh of breath, upbore Even to the seat of God. Milton.

A monstrous wave upbore The chief, and dashed him on the craggy shore. Pope.

Upbind <Xpage=1584>

Up*bind" (?) , v. t. To bind up. [R.]

Collins.

Upblow <Xpage=1584>

Up*blow" , v. t. To inflate. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Upblow <Xpage=1584>

Up*blow" , v. i. To blow up; as, the wind upblows from the sea . [Obs.]

Spenser.

Upbraid <Xpage=1584>

Up*braid" (?) , 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. breg&edh;a to draw, brandish, braid, deviate from, change, break off, upbraid. See Up , and Braid , v. t. ]

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.

And upbraided them with their unbelief. Mark xvi. 14.

Vet do not Upbraid us our distress. Shak.

2. To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide.

Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done. Matt. xi. 20

How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness! Sir P. Sidney.

3. To treat with contempt. [Obs.]

Spenser.

4. To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; -- with to before the person. [Obs.]

Bacon.

Syn. -- To reproach; blame; censure; condemn.

Upbraid <Xpage=1584>

Up*braid" , v. i. To utter upbraidings.

Pope.

Upbraid <Xpage=1584>

Up*braid" , n. The act of reproaching; contumely. [Obs.] " Foul upbraid ."

Spenser.

Upbreak <Xpage=1584>

Up*break" (?) , v. i. To break upwards; to force away or passage to the surface.

Upbreak <Xpage=1584>

Up"break` (?) , n. A breaking upward or bursting forth; an upburst.

Mrs. Browning.

Upbreathe <Xpage=1584>

Up*breathe" (?) , v. r. To breathe up or out; to exhale. [Obs.]

Marston.

Upbreed <Xpage=1584>

Up*breed" (?) , v. t. To rear, or bring up; to nurse. " Upbred in a foreign country."

Holinshed.

Upbrought <Xpage=1584>

Up*brought" (?) , a. Brought up; educated. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Upbuoyance <Xpage=1584>

Up*buoy"ance (?) , n. The act of buoying up; uplifting. [R.]

Coleridge.

Upburst <Xpage=1584>

Up"burst` (?) , n. The act of bursting upwards; a breaking through to the surface; an upbreak or uprush; as, an upburst of molten matter .

Upcast <Xpage=1584>

Up"cast` (?) , a. Cast up; thrown upward; as, with upcast eyes .

Addison.

Upcast <Xpage=1584>

Up"cast` (?) , n. 1. (Bowling) A cast; a throw.

Shak.

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 .

3. An upset, as from a carriage. [Scot.]

4. A taunt; a reproach. [Scot.]

Sir W. Scott.

Upcast <Xpage=1584>

Up*cast" (?) , v. t. 1. To cast or throw up; to turn upward. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

2. To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid. [Scot.]

Upcaught <Xpage=1584>

Up"caught` (?) , a. Seized or caught up. " She bears upcaught a mariner away."

Cowper.

Upcheer <Xpage=1584>

Up*cheer" (?) , v. t. To cheer up.

Spenser.

Upclimb <Xpage=1584>

Up*climb" (?) , v. t. & i. To climb up; to ascend.

Upclomb the shadowy pine above the woven copse. Tennyson.

Upcoil <Xpage=1584>

Up*coil" (?) , v. t. & i. To coil up; to make into a coil, or to be made into a coil.

Upcountry <Xpage=1584>

Up"coun`try (?) , adv. In an upcountry direction; as, to live upcountry . [Colloq.]

Upcountry <Xpage=1584>

Up"coun`try , a. Living or situated remote from the seacoast; as, an upcountry residence . [Colloq.] -- n. The interior of the country. [Colloq.]

Upcurl <Xpage=1584>

Up*curl" (?) , v. t. To curl up. [R.]

Tennyson.

Updive <Xpage=1584>

Up*dive" (?) , v. i. To spring upward; to rise. [R.]

Davies (Microcosmos).

Updraw <Xpage=1584>

Up*draw" (?) , v. t. To draw up. [R.]

Milton.

Upend <Xpage=1584>

Up*end" (?) , v. t. To end up; to set on end, as a cask.

Upeygan <Xpage=1584>

U`pey*gan" (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The borele.

Upfill <Xpage=1584>

Up*fill" (?) , v. t. To fill up. [Obs.]

Upflow <Xpage=1584>

Up*flow" (?) , v. i. To flow or stream up.

Southey.

Upflung <Xpage=1584>

Up*flung" (?) , a. Flung or thrown up.

Upgather <Xpage=1584>

Up*gath"er (?) , v. t. To gather up; to contract; to draw together. [Obs.]

Himself he close upgathered more and more. Spenser.

Upgaze <Xpage=1584>

Up*gaze" (?) , v. i. To gaze upward.

Byron.

Upgive <Xpage=1584>

Up*give" (?) , v. t. To give up or out. [Obs.]

Upgrow <Xpage=1584>

Up*grow" (?) , v. i. To grow up. [R.]

Milton.

Upgrowth <Xpage=1584>

Up"growth` (?) , n. The process or result of growing up; progress; development.

The new and mighty upgrowth of poetry in Italy. J. R. Green.

Upgush <Xpage=1584>

Up"gush` (?) , n. A gushing upward.

Hawthorne.

Upgush <Xpage=1584>

Up*gush" (?) , v. i. To gush upward.

Uphaf <Xpage=1584>

Up*haf" (?) , obs. imp. of Upheave .

Chaucer.

Uphand <Xpage=1584>

Up"hand` (?) , a. Lifted by the hand, or by both hands; as, the uphand sledge . [R.]

Moxon.

Uphang <Xpage=1584>

Up*hang" (?) , v. t. To hang up.

Spenser.

Uphasp <Xpage=1584>

Up*hasp" (?) , v. t. To hasp or faster up; to close; as, sleep uphasps the eyes . [R.]

Stanyhurst.

Upheaped <Xpage=1584>

Up"heaped` (?) , a. Piled up; accumulated.

God, which shall repay all with upheaped measure. Udall.

Upheaval <Xpage=1584>

Up*heav"al (?) , n. The act of upheaving, or the state of being upheaved; esp., an elevation of a portion of the earth's crust.

Lubbock.

Upheave <Xpage=1584>

Up*heave" , v. t. To heave or lift up from beneath; to raise.

Milton.

Upheld <Xpage=1584>

Up*held" (?) , imp. & p. p. of Uphold .

Upher <Xpage=1584>

Up"her (?) , 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.

Uphill <Xpage=1584>

Up*hill" (?) , adv. Upwards on, or as on, a hillside; as, to walk uphill .

Uphill <Xpage=1584>

Up"hill` (?) , a. 1. Ascending; going up; as, an uphill road .

2. Attended with labor; difficult; as, uphill work .

Uphilt <Xpage=1584>

Up*hilt" (?) , v. t. To thrust in up to the hilt; as, to uphilt one's sword into an enemy . [R.]

Stanyhurst.

Uphoard <Xpage=1584>

Up*hoard" (?) , v. t. To hoard up. [Obs.]

Shak.

Uphold <Xpage=1584>

Up*hold" (?) , v. t. 1. To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.

The mournful train with groans, and hands upheld . Besought his pity. Dryden.

2. To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling; to maintain.

Honor shall uphold the humble in spirit. Prov. xxix 3.

Faulconbridge, In spite of spite, alone upholds the day. Shak.

3. To aid by approval or encouragement; to countenance; as, to uphold a person in wrongdoing .

Upholder <Xpage=1584>

Up*hold"er (?) , n. [ Up + holder. Cf. Upholsterer .]

1. A broker or auctioneer; a tradesman. [Obs.]

2. An undertaker, or provider for funerals. [Obs.]

The upholder , rueful harbinger of death. Gay.

3. An upholsterer. [Obs.]

4. One who, or that which, upholds; a supporter; a defender; a sustainer.

Upholster <Xpage=1584>

Up*hol"ster (?) , v. t. [See Upholsterer .] 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 .

Upholster <Xpage=1584>

Up*hol"ster , n. 1. A broker. [Obs.]

Caxton.

2. An upholsterer. [Obs.]

Strype.

Upholsterer <Xpage=1584>

Up*hol"ster*er (?) , n. [A substitution for older upholder , in OE., broker, tradesman, and formerly also written upholster , upholdster . See Upholder , and -ster .] One who provides hangings, coverings, cushions, curtains, and the like; one who upholsters.

Upholsterer bee . (Zo\'94l.) See Poppy bee , under Poppy .

Upholstery <Xpage=1584>

Up*hol"ster*y (?) , n. The articles or goods supplied by upholsterers; the business or work of an upholsterer.

Uphroe <Xpage=1584>

U"phroe (?) , n. (Naut.) Same as Euphroe .

Upland <Xpage=1584>

Up"land (?) , 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.

2. The country, as distinguished from the neighborhood of towns. [Obs.]

Upland <Xpage=1584>

Up"land , a. 1. Of or pertaining to uplands; being on upland; high in situation; as, upland inhabitants; upland pasturage .

Sometimes, with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite. Milton.

2. Pertaining to the country, as distinguished from the neighborhood of towns; rustic; rude; unpolished. [Obs.] " The race of upland giants."

Chapman.