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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Un-yield'ing, a. p. 1452Not yielding; unbending; unpliant; stiff; firm; obstinate.Un-yield'ing-ly, adv. p. 1452In an unyielding manner; unbendingly; obstinately.Un-yield'ing-ness, n. p. 1452The state or quality of being unyielding; stiffness; firmness.Un-yōke', v. t. p. 1452<br>1. To loose or free from a yoke. “Unyoke the steers.” Shak.<br>2. To part; to disjoin; to disconnect. Shak.Un-yōked’, p. a. p. 1452Not having worn the yoke. 2. Licentious; unrestrained. [Rare.] Shak.Un-zōned', a. p. 1452Not bound with a girdle; as, an unzoned bosom.Ŭp, adv. p. 1452Aloft; on high; in a direction contrary to that of gravity; toward a higher place; in a higher position; above; — the opposite of down. But up or down. By centric or eccentric hard to tell. Milton.…Ŭp, n. p. 1452The state of being up or above; a state of elevation, prosperity, and the like. Ups and downs, alternate states of elevation and depression, or of prosperity and the contrary. [Colloq.]Ŭp, prep. p. 1452From a lower to a higher place on 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 thighs. Bacon. Up sound (Naut.), from the…Ŭ'pas, n. p. 1452(Bot.) A tree of the genus Antiaris (A. toxicaria), common in the forests of Java and of the neighboring isles, the secretions of which are poisonous. It has been fabulously reported that the…Up-bār', v. t. p. 1452To fasten with a bar; to bar up. 2. To remove the bar of, as a gate; to unbar. [Obs.] Spenser.Up-bear', v. t. p. 1452To bear up; to raise aloft; to elevate; to support in an elevated situation; to sustain. One short sigh of human breath upborne Even to the seat of God. Milton A monstrous wave upborne The chief, and…Up-bīnd', v. t. p. 1452To bind up. [Rare.] Collins.Up-blōw′, v. t. p. 1452To blow up. [Obs.] Spenser.Up-brāid', v. t. p. 1452To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach; to cast something in the teeth of; — followed by with or for before the thing imputed; as, to upbraid a man for his folly or his…Up-brāid', v. t. & i. p. 1452The same as ABRAID, q. v.Up-brāid', n. p. 1452Reproach; contumely. [Obs.] “Foul upbraid.” Spenser.Up-brāid'er, n. p. 1452One who upbraids or reproves.Up-brāid'ing-ly, adv. p. 1452In an upbraiding manner.Up-brāy', v. t. p. 1452To cause shame, confusion, or distress to; to upbraid. [Obs.]Up-brāy', n. p. 1452Reproach; contumely. [Obs.] “Unmeet upbrays.” Spenser.Ŭp'brēak, n. p. 1452A breaking up or bursting forth. [Rare.] E. B. Browning.Up-brēathe', v. t. p. 1452To breathe up or out; to exhale. [Obs.] Marston.Up-brēed', v. t. p. 1452To rear or bring up; to nurse. “Born and upbred in a foreign country.” Holinshed.Up-brought', a. p. 1452Brought up; educated. [Obs.] Spenser.Up-buoy'ance, n. p. 1452The act of buoying up; uplifting. [Rare.] Coleridge.Ŭp'cast, a. p. 1452Cast up; thrown upward; as, with upcast eyes. ☞ Often accented on the second syllable.Up'cāst, n. p. 1452(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;—called also upcast pit.Up'caught, a. p. 1452Seized or caught up. None ever boasted yet that he had passed Her cavern safely, for with every mouth She hears, upcaught, a mariner away. Couper.Up-cheer', v. t. p. 1452To cheer up; to enliven.Up-climb’, v. t. p. 1452To climb up; to ascend. [Obs.] Spenser.Up-coil', v. t. & i. p. 1452To coil up; to make into a coil, or to be made into a coil.Up-draw', v. t. p. 1452To draw up. [Obs.] Milton.Up-fill', v. t. p. 1452To fill up; to make full. [Obs.]Up-flŭng', a. p. 1452Flung or thrown up.Up-gāth'er, v. t. p. 1452To gather up; to contract. [Obs.] Himself he close upgathered more and more. Spenser. The winds that wail, howling at all hours, And are upgathered now like sleeping flowers. Wordsworth.Up-gāze', v. i. p. 1452To look steadily upward. Tired of upgazing still, the wearied eye Reposes gladly on as smooth a vale As ever spring yclad in grassy dye. Byron.Up-gīve', v. t. p. 1452To give up or out; to emit. [Obs.]Up-grōw', v. i. p. 1452To grow up. [Obs.] Milton.Up'hānd, a. p. 1452Lifted by the hand. [Rare.] Moxon.Up-hāng', v. t. p. 1452To hang up.Up'hēaped, a. p. 1452Piled up; accumulated. Such manner of loss of substance is a great gain with God, who shall repay all with upheaped measure. Udal.Up-hēav'al, n. p. 1452The act of upheaving; a heaving or lifting up.Up-hēave', v. t. p. 1452To heave or lift up from beneath. The mountains huge appear Emergent, and their broad, bare backs upheave Into the clouds. Milton.Up-hĕld′, imp. & p. p. p. 1453of uphold. See UPHOLD.Up'her, n. p. 1453(Arch.) A fir pole used for scaffoldings, and sometimes for slight and common roofs; hence, any similar pole. [Written also ufer.] Gwilt.Ŭp'hill, a. p. 1453Ascending; going up; as, an uphill road. 2. Attended with labor; difficult; as, uphill work. ☞ Often accented on the second syllable.Up-hōard', v. t. p. 1453To hoard up. [Obs.] Shak.Up-hōld', v. t. p. 1453To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate. The mournful train with groans, and hands upheld, Besought his pity. Dryden. 2. To support; to sustain; to keep from falling; to maintain. Honor shall uphold…Up-hōld'er, n. p. 1453One who, or that which, upholds; a supporter; a defender; a sustainer. 2. An undertaker; one who provides for funerals. [Obs. or rare.] “The upholder, rueful harbinger of death.” Gay. 3. An…Up-hōl'ster, n. p. 1453An upholsterer. [Obs.] Strype.Up-hōl'ster-er, n. p. 1453One who furnishes houses with furniture, beds, curtains, and the like. ☞ “This form of the previous word [upholder] was probably adopted for the sake of a more clear distinction between the business…Up-hōl'ster-y, n. p. 1453Furniture supplied by upholsterers.Ūph'rōe, n. p. 1453(Naut.) A long piece of wood having a number of holes through which pass the lines to suspend an awning by. Totten.Ŭp'land, n. p. 1453High 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 meadow, marsh, swamp, interval…Ŭp'land, a. p. 1453High in situation; being on upland; as, upland inhabitants. Sometimes with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite. Milton. 2. Of, or pertaining to uplands; as, upland pasture. 3. Pertaining to…Upland sumach p. 1453a North American shrub of the genus Rhus (R. glabra), used in tanning and dyeing.Up'land-er, n. p. 1453One dwelling in the upland; hence, a countryman; a rustic. [Obs.]Up-lānd’ish, a. p. 1453Of, or pertaining to, uplands; dwelling on high lands or mountains. [Obs. or rare.] Chapman. 2. Hence, rude; rustic; uncivilized. [Obs.] His presence made the rudest peasant melt, Who in the wild…Up-lāy', v. t. p. 1453To lay up; to hoard. [Obs.] Donne.