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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. 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…
  2. Up-bīnd', v. t.p. 1452To bind up. [Rare.] Collins.
  3. Up-blōw′, v. t.p. 1452To blow up. [Obs.] Spenser.
  4. 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…
  5. Up-brāid', v. t. & i.p. 1452The same as ABRAID, q. v.
  6. Up-brāid', n.p. 1452Reproach; contumely. [Obs.] “Foul upbraid.” Spenser.
  7. Up-brāid'er, n.p. 1452One who upbraids or reproves.
  8. Up-brāid'ing-ly, adv.p. 1452In an upbraiding manner.
  9. Up-brāy', v. t.p. 1452To cause shame, confusion, or distress to; to upbraid. [Obs.]
  10. Up-brāy', n.p. 1452Reproach; contumely. [Obs.] “Unmeet upbrays.” Spenser.
  11. Ŭp'brēak, n.p. 1452A breaking up or bursting forth. [Rare.] E. B. Browning.
  12. Up-brēathe', v. t.p. 1452To breathe up or out; to exhale. [Obs.] Marston.
  13. Up-brēed', v. t.p. 1452To rear or bring up; to nurse. “Born and upbred in a foreign country.” Holinshed.
  14. Up-brought', a.p. 1452Brought up; educated. [Obs.] Spenser.
  15. Up-buoy'ance, n.p. 1452The act of buoying up; uplifting. [Rare.] Coleridge.
  16. Ŭp'cast, a.p. 1452Cast up; thrown upward; as, with upcast eyes. ☞ Often accented on the second syllable.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. Up-cheer', v. t.p. 1452To cheer up; to enliven.
  20. Up-climb’, v. t.p. 1452To climb up; to ascend. [Obs.] Spenser.
  21. Up-coil', v. t. & i.p. 1452To coil up; to make into a coil, or to be made into a coil.
  22. Up-draw', v. t.p. 1452To draw up. [Obs.] Milton.
  23. Up-fill', v. t.p. 1452To fill up; to make full. [Obs.]
  24. Up-flŭng', a.p. 1452Flung or thrown up.
  25. 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.
  26. 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.
  27. Up-gīve', v. t.p. 1452To give up or out; to emit. [Obs.]
  28. Up-grōw', v. i.p. 1452To grow up. [Obs.] Milton.
  29. Up'hānd, a.p. 1452Lifted by the hand. [Rare.] Moxon.
  30. Up-hāng', v. t.p. 1452To hang up.
  31. 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.
  32. Up-hēav'al, n.p. 1452The act of upheaving; a heaving or lifting up.
  33. 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.
  34. Up-hĕld′, imp. & p. p.p. 1453of uphold. See UPHOLD.
  35. 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.
  36. 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.
  37. Up-hōard', v. t.p. 1453To hoard up. [Obs.] Shak.
  38. 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…
  39. 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…
  40. Up-hōl'ster, n.p. 1453An upholsterer. [Obs.] Strype.
  41. 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…
  42. Up-hōl'ster-y, n.p. 1453Furniture supplied by upholsterers.
  43. 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.
  44. 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…
  45. 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…
  46. Upland sumachp. 1453a North American shrub of the genus Rhus (R. glabra), used in tanning and dyeing.
  47. Up'land-er, n.p. 1453One dwelling in the upland; hence, a countryman; a rustic. [Obs.]
  48. 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…
  49. Up-lāy', v. t.p. 1453To lay up; to hoard. [Obs.] Donne.
  50. Up-lēad′, v. t.p. 1453To lead upward. [Obs.]
  51. Up-lēan', v. i.p. 1453To lean or incline upon any thing. [Obs.] Spencer.
  52. Up-lift’, v. t.p. 1453To lift or raise aloft; to raise; to elevate; as, to uplift the arm. Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed. Milton.
  53. Ŭp'lift, n.p. 1453(Geol.) A raising or upheaval of strata so as to disturb their regularity and uniformity, and occasion folds, dislocations, and the like.
  54. Ŭp'līne, n.p. 1453The track of a railway, leading toward the main terminus. [Eng.]
  55. Up-lŏck', v. t.p. 1453To lock up. [Obs.]
  56. Up-lōŏk', v. i.p. 1453To look up. [Obs.]
  57. Ŭp'mōst, a.p. 1453Highest; top-most; uppermost. [Rare.] Dryden.
  58. Up-ōn', prep.p. 1453On;—used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable. Thou shalt take of the blood . . . upon the altar. Ex. xxix. 21. As I did stand my watch upon the hill. Shak. He made a…
  59. Up-pĕnt', a.p. 1453Pent up; confined. [Obs.]
  60. Up'per, a.p. 1453comp. of up. [O. H. Ger. obaro, oboro, oberō, obarōro, oporōro, oberōro, M. H. Ger. obere, N. H. Ger. ober, oberer; A-S. ufor, higher, from uf, above.] Further up, literally or figuratively; higher…