The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
Chapter 1814
Upland moccasin . (Zo\'94l.) See Moccasin . -- Upland sandpiper , ∨ Upland plover (Zo\'94l.) , 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 . -- Upland sumach (Bot.) , a North American shrub of the genus Rhus ( Rhus glabra ), used in tanning and dyeing.
Uplander <Xpage=1584>
Up"land*er (?) , n. 1. One dwelling in the upland; hence, a countryman; a rustic. [Obs.]
2. (Zo\'94l.) The upland sandpiper. [Local, U. S.]
Uplandish <Xpage=1584>
Up*land"ish (?) , a. Of or pertaining to uplands; dwelling on high lands. [Obs.]
Chapman.
2. Rude; rustic; unpolished; uncivilized. [Obs.]
His presence made the rudest peasant melt, That in the wild, uplandish country dwelt. Marlowe.
Uplay <Xpage=1584>
Up*lay" (?) , v. t. To hoard. [Obs.]
Donne.
Uplead <Xpage=1584>
Up*lead" (?) , v. t. To lead upward. [Obs.]
Uplean <Xpage=1584>
Up*lean" (?) , v. i. To lean or incline upon anything. [Obs.]
Spenser.
Uplift <Xpage=1584>
Up*lift" (?) , 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.
Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed. Milton.
Uplift <Xpage=1584>
Up"lift` (?) , n. (Geol.) A raising or upheaval of strata so as to disturb their regularity and uniformity, and to occasion folds, dislocations, and the like.
Up-line <Xpage=1584>
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 Up-train . [Eng.]
Uplock <Xpage=1584>
Up*lock" (?) , v. t. To lock up. [Obs.]
Shak.
Uplook <Xpage=1584>
Up*look" (?) , v. i. To look or gaze up. [Obs.]
Upmost <Xpage=1584>
Up"most` (?) , a. [Cf. Uppermost .] Highest; topmost; uppermost.
Spenser. Dryden.
Upokororo <Xpage=1584>
U`po*ko*ro"ro (?) , n. [From the native Maori name.] (Zo\'94l.) An edible fresh-water New Zealand fish ( Prototroctes oxyrhynchus ) of the family Haplochitonid\'91 . In general appearance and habits, it resembles the northern lake whitefishes and trout. Called also grayling .
Upon <Xpage=1584>
Up*on" (?) , prep. [AS. uppan , uppon ; upp up + on , an , on. See Up , and On .] On; -- used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable. " Upon an hill of flowers."
Chaucer.
Our host upon his stirrups stood anon. Chaucer.
Thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar. Ex. xxix. 21.
The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. Judg. xvi. 9.
As I did stand my watch upon the hill. Shak.
He made a great difference between people that did rebel upon wantonness, and them that did rebel upon want. Bacon.
This advantage we lost upon the invention of firearms. Addison.
Upon the whole, it will be necessary to avoid that perpetual repetition of the same epithets which we find in Homer. Pope.
He had abandoned the frontiers, retiring upon Glasgow. Sir. W. Scott.
Philip swore upon the Evangelists to abstain from aggression in my absence. Landor.
&hand; 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.
To assure upon (Law) , to promise; to undertake. -- To come upon . See under Come . -- To take upon , to assume.
Uppent <Xpage=1584>
Up*pent` (?) , a. A Pent up; confined. [Obs.]
Upper <Xpage=1584>
Up"per (?) , a. ; comp. of Up . 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 .
The upper hand , the superiority; the advantage. See To have the upper hand , under Hand . Jowett (Thucyd.) . -- Upper Bench (Eng. Hist.) , the name of the highest court of common law (formerly King's Bench) during the Commonwealth. -- Upper case , the top one of a pair of compositor's cases. See the Note under 1st Case , n. , 3. -- Upper covert (Zo\'94l.) , one of the coverts situated above the bases of the tail quills. -- Upper deck (Naut.) , the topmost deck of any vessel; the spar deck. -- Upper leather , the leather for the vamps and quarters of shoes. -- Upper strake (Naut.) , the strake next to the deck, usually of hard wood, and heavier than the other strakes. -- Upper ten thousand , ∨ (abbreviated) Upper ten , the ten thousand, more or less, who are highest in position or wealth; the upper class; the aristocracy. [Colloq.] -- Upper topsail (Naut.) , the upper half of a double topsail. -- Upper works (Naut.) , all those parts of the hull of a vessel that are properly above water. -- Upper world . (a) The atmosphere. (b) Heaven. (c) This world; the earth; -- in distinction from the underworld .
Upper <Xpage=1584>
Up"per , n. The upper leather for a shoe; a vamp.
Uppermost <Xpage=1584>
Up"per*most` (?) , a. [From Up , Upper ; formed like aftermost . Cf. Upmost .] Highest in place, position, rank, power, or the like; upmost; supreme.
Whatever faction happens to be uppermost . Swift.
Uppertendom <Xpage=1584>
Up`per*ten"dom (?) , n. [ Upper ten + -dom .] The highest class in society; the upper ten. See Upper ten , under Upper . [Colloq.]
Uppile <Xpage=1584>
Up*pile" (?) , v. t. To pile, or heap, up.
Southey.
Uppish <Xpage=1584>
Up"pish (?) , a. [From Up .] Proud; arrogant; assuming; putting on airs of superiority. [Colloq.] T. Brown . -- Up"pish*ly , adv. [Colloq.] -- Up"pish*ness , n. [Colloq.]
Upplight <Xpage=1584>
Up*plight" (?) , obs. imp. & p. p. of Uppluck .
Uppluck <Xpage=1584>
Up*pluck" (?) , v. t. To pull or pluck up. [Obs.]
Uppricked <Xpage=1584>
Up*pricked" (?) , a. Upraised; erect; -- said of the ears of an animal.
Mason.
Upprop <Xpage=1584>
Up*prop" (?) , v. t. To prop up.
Donne.
Upraise <Xpage=1584>
Up*raise" (?) , v. t. To raise; to lift up.
Uprear <Xpage=1584>
Up*rear" (?) , v. t. To raise; to erect.
Byron.
Upridged <Xpage=1584>
Up*ridged" (?) , a. Raised up in a ridge or ridges; as, a billow upridged .
Cowper.
Upright <Xpage=1584>
Up"right` (?) , a. [AS. upright , uppriht . See Up , and Right , a. ] 1. In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree .
With chattering teeth, and bristling hair upright . Dryden.
All have their ears upright . Spenser.
2. Morally erect; having rectitude; honest; just; as, a man upright in all his ways .
And that man [Job] was perfect and upright . Job i. 1.
3. Conformable to moral rectitude.
Conscience rewards upright conduct with pleasure. J. M. Mason.
4. Stretched out face upward; flat on the back. [Obs.] " He lay upright ."
Chaucer.
Upright drill (Mach.) , a drilling machine having the spindle vertical.
&hand; 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.
Upright <Xpage=1584>
Up"right` , n. Something standing upright, as a piece of timber in a building. See Illust . of Frame .
Uprighteously <Xpage=1584>
Up*right"eous*ly (?) , adv. [See Righteous .] In an upright or just manner. [Obs.]
Shak.
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Uprightly <Xpage=1585>
Up"right`ly (?) , adv. In an upright manner.
Uprightness <Xpage=1585>
Up"right`ness (?) , n. the quality or state of being upright.
Uprise <Xpage=1585>
Up*rise" (?) , v. i. 1. To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon. " Uprose the sun."
Cowley.
Uprose the virgin with the morning light. Pope.
2. To have an upward direction or inclination.
Uprose the mystic mountain range. Tennyson.
Uprise <Xpage=1585>
Up*rise" , n. The act of rising; appearance above the horizon; rising. [R.]
Did ever raven sing so like a lark, That gives sweet tidings of the sun's uprise ? Shak.
Uprising <Xpage=1585>
Up*ris"ing , n. 1. Act of rising; also, a steep place; an ascent. "The steep uprising of the hill."
Shak.
2. An insurrection; a popular revolt.
J. P. Peters.
Uprist <Xpage=1585>
Up*rist" (?) , n. Uprising. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Uprist <Xpage=1585>
Up*rist" , obs. imp. of Uprise . Uprose.
Chaucer.
Nor dim nor red, like God's own head The glorious sun uprist . Coleridge.
Uproar <Xpage=1585>
Up"roar (?) , n. [D. oproer ; akin to G. aufruhr , Dan. opr\'94r , Sw. uppror ; D. op up + roeren to stir; akin to AS. hr<?/ran to stir, hr<?/r stirring, active, G. r\'81hren to stir, OHG. ruoren , Icel. hr\'91ra , Dan. r\'94re , Sw. r\'94ra . Cf. Rearmouse .] [In verse, sometimes accented on the second syllable.] Great tumult; violent disturbance and noise; noisy confusion; bustle and clamor.
But the Jews which believed not, . . . set all the city on an uproar . Acts xvii. 5.
Uproar <Xpage=1585>
Up*roar" (?) , v. t. To throw into uproar or confusion. [Obs.] " Uproar the universal peace."
Shak.
Uproar <Xpage=1585>
Up*roar" , v. i. To make an uproar. [R.]
Carlyle.
Uproarious <Xpage=1585>
Up*roar"i*ous (?) , a. Making, or accompanied by, uproar, or noise and tumult; as, uproarious merriment .
-- Up*roar"i*ous*ly , adv. -- Up*roar"i*ous*ness , n.
Uproll <Xpage=1585>
Up*roll" (?) , v. t. To roll up.
Milton.
Uproot <Xpage=1585>
Up*root" (?) , v. t. To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to remove utterly; to eradicate; to extirpate.
Trees uprooted left their place. Dryden.
At his command the uprooted hills retired. Milton.
Uprouse <Xpage=1585>
Up*rouse" (?) , v. t. To rouse up; to rouse from sleep; to awake; to arouse.
Shak.
Uprun <Xpage=1585>
Up*run" (?) , v. i. To run up; to ascend.
The young sun That in the Ram is four degrees uprun . Chaucer.
[A son] of matchless might, who, like a thriving plant, Upran to manhood. Cowper.
Uprush <Xpage=1585>
Up*rush" (?) , v. i. To rush upward.
Southey.
Uprush <Xpage=1585>
Up"rush` (?) , n. Act of rushing upward; an upbreak or upburst; as, an uprush of lava .
R. A. Proctor.
Upsarokas <Xpage=1585>
Up`sar*o"kas (?) , n. pl. (Ethnol.) See Crows .
Upseek <Xpage=1585>
Up*seek" (?) , v. i. To seek or strain upward. " Upseeking eyes suffused with . . . tears."
Southey.
Upsend <Xpage=1585>
Up*send" (?) , v. t. To send, cast, or throw up.
As when some island situate afar . . . Upsends a smoke to heaven. Cowper.
Upset <Xpage=1585>
Up*set" (?) , v. t. 1. To set up; to put upright. [Obs.] "With sail on mast upset ."
R. of Brunne.
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.
3. To overturn, overthrow, or overset; as, to upset a carriage; to upset an argument. "Determined somehow to upset the situation."
Mrs. Humphry Ward.
4. To disturb the self-possession of; to disorder the nerves of; to make ill; as, the fright upset her . [Colloq.]
Upset <Xpage=1585>
Up*set" , v. i. To become upset.
Upset <Xpage=1585>
Up"set` (?) , 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.
After a solemn pause, Mr. Glossin offered the upset price for the lands and barony of Ellangowan. Sir W. Scott.
Upset <Xpage=1585>
Up"set` , n. The act of upsetting, or the state of being upset; an overturn; as, the wagon had an upset .
Upsetting <Xpage=1585>
Up*set"ting (?) , a. Conceited; assuming; as, an upsetting fellow . [Scot.]
Jamieson.
Upshoot <Xpage=1585>
Up*shoot" (?) , v. i. To shoot upward. "Trees upshooting high."
Spenser.
Upshot <Xpage=1585>
Up"shot` (?) , 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.
I can not pursue with any safety this sport to the upshot . Shak.
We account it frailty that threescore years and ten make the upshot of man's pleasurable existence. De Quincey.
Upside <Xpage=1585>
Up"side` (?) , n. The upper side; the part that is uppermost.
To be upsides with , to be even with. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Sir W. Scott . T. Hughes . -- 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.
These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also. Acts xvii. 6.
Upsidown <Xpage=1585>
Up"si*down` (?) , adv. See Upsodown . [Obs. or Colloq.]
Spenser.
Upsitting <Xpage=1585>
Up"sit`ting (?) , n. A sitting up of a woman after her confinement, to receive and entertain her friends. [Obs.]
To invite your lady's upsitting . Beau. & Fl.
Upskip <Xpage=1585>
Up*skip` (?) , n. An upstart. [Obs.]
Latimer.
Upsnatch <Xpage=1585>
Up*snatch" (?) , v. t. To snatch up. [R.]
Upsoar <Xpage=1585>
Up*soar" (?) , v. i. To soar or mount up.
Pope.
Upsodown <Xpage=1585>
Up"so*down` (?) , adv. [ Up + so as + down .] Upside down. [Obs. or Colloq.]
Wyclif.
In man's sin is every manner order or ordinance turned upsodown . Chaucer.
Upspear <Xpage=1585>
Up*spear" (?) , v. i. To grow or shoot up like a spear; as, upspearing grass . [R.]
Cowper.
Upspring <Xpage=1585>
Up*spring" (?) , v. i. To spring up.
Tennyson.
Upspring <Xpage=1585>
Up"spring` (?) , n. 1. An upstart. [Obs.] "The swaggering upspring ."
Shak.
2. A spring or leap into the air. [R.]
Chapman.
Upspurner <Xpage=1585>
Up"spurn`er (?) , n. A spurner or contemner; a despiser; a scoffer. [Obs.]
Joye.
Upstairs <Xpage=1585>
Up*stairs" (?) , adv. Up the stairs; in or toward an upper story.
Upstairs <Xpage=1585>
Up"stairs` (?) , a. Being above stairs; as, an upstairs room .
Upstand <Xpage=1585>
Up*stand" (?) , v. i. To stand up; to be erected; to rise.
Spenser. Milton.
At once upstood the monarch, and upstood The wise Ulysses. Cowper.
Upstare <Xpage=1585>
Up*stare" (?) , v. i. To stare or stand upward; hence, to be uplifted or conspicuous. "Rearing fiercely their upstaring crests."
Spenser.
Upstart <Xpage=1585>
Up*start" (?) , v. i. To start or spring up suddenly.
Spenser. Tennyson.
Upstart <Xpage=1585>
Up"start` (?) , n. 1. One who has risen suddenly, as from low life to wealth, power, or honor; a parvenu.
Bacon.
2. (Bot.) The meadow saffron.
Dr. Prior.
Upstart <Xpage=1585>
Up"start` , a. Suddenly raised to prominence or consequence. "A race of upstart creatures."
Milton.
Upstay <Xpage=1585>
Up*stay" (?) , v. t. To sustain; to support. [Obs.] "His massy spear upstayed ."
Milton.
Upsterte <Xpage=1585>
Up*stert"e (?) , obs. imp. & p. p. of Upstart .
Upstir <Xpage=1585>
Up"stir` (?) , n. Insurrection; commotion; disturbance. [Obs.]