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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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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.Up-lēad′, v. t. p. 1453To lead upward. [Obs.]Up-lēan', v. i. p. 1453To lean or incline upon any thing. [Obs.] Spencer.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.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.Ŭp'līne, n. p. 1453The track of a railway, leading toward the main terminus. [Eng.]Up-lŏck', v. t. p. 1453To lock up. [Obs.]Up-lōŏk', v. i. p. 1453To look up. [Obs.]Ŭp'mōst, a. p. 1453Highest; top-most; uppermost. [Rare.] Dryden.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…Up-pĕnt', a. p. 1453Pent up; confined. [Obs.]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…Ŭp'per-crŭst, n. p. 1453The top-crust, as of a pie. 2. The higher class of society. [Cant., U. S.]Ŭp'per-hānd', n. p. 1453Ascendency; superiority.Up'per-lēath'er, n. p. 1453The leather for the vamps and quarters of shoes; —often colloquially abbreviated to upper.Up'per-mōst, a. p. 1453Further up; upmost; highest in situation, position, rank, power, or the like; supreme. “Whatever faction happens to be uppermost.” Swift.Ūp'per-stŏcks, n. pl. p. 1453Breeches. [Obs.]Up'per-tēn', n. pl. p. 1453The higher class in society; the aristocracy; — contracted from upper ten thousand. [Colloq. and low, U. S.]Ŭp'per-tēn'dŏm, n. p. 1453The higher or wealthier classes; the aristocracy. [Colloq. and low, U. S.]Ūp'per-world, n. p. 1453The atmosphere. 2. Heaven. 3. This world, in distinction from the under-world.Up-pīle', v. t. p. 1453To pile or heap up.Up'pish, a. p. 1453Proud; arrogant; assuming; putting on airs of superiority. [Colloq.]Ŭp'pish-ly, adv. p. 1453In an uppish manner; in a proud or arrogant way.Ŭp'pish-ness, n. p. 1453The quality of being uppish; pride or arrogance of manner.Up-pricked', a. p. 1453Set up pointedly or sharply. Oft too the coward hare, then only bold When mischief prompts, or wintry famine pines, Will quit her rush-grown form, and steal, with ear Uppricked, to gnaw the toils.…Up-prōp', v. t. p. 1453To prop up; to support by a prop.Up-rāise', v. t. p. 1453To raise; to lift up.Up-rēar′, v. t. p. 1453To rear; to raise. The Spirit in whose honor shrines are weak / Upreared of human hands. Byron.Up-ridged’, a. p. 1453Raised up in ridges, or extended lines. Many a billow, then Upridged, rides turbulent the sounding flood, Foam-crested billow after billow driven. Cooper.