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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-fill', v. t.p. 1452To fill up; to make full. [Obs.]
  2. Up-flŭng', a.p. 1452Flung or thrown up.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Up-gīve', v. t.p. 1452To give up or out; to emit. [Obs.]
  6. Up-grōw', v. i.p. 1452To grow up. [Obs.] Milton.
  7. Up'hānd, a.p. 1452Lifted by the hand. [Rare.] Moxon.
  8. Up-hāng', v. t.p. 1452To hang up.
  9. 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.
  10. Up-hēav'al, n.p. 1452The act of upheaving; a heaving or lifting up.
  11. 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.
  12. Up-hĕld′, imp. & p. p.p. 1453of uphold. See UPHOLD.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. Up-hōard', v. t.p. 1453To hoard up. [Obs.] Shak.
  16. 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…
  17. 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…
  18. Up-hōl'ster, n.p. 1453An upholsterer. [Obs.] Strype.
  19. 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…
  20. Up-hōl'ster-y, n.p. 1453Furniture supplied by upholsterers.
  21. 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.
  22. 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…
  23. 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…
  24. Upland sumachp. 1453a North American shrub of the genus Rhus (R. glabra), used in tanning and dyeing.
  25. Up'land-er, n.p. 1453One dwelling in the upland; hence, a countryman; a rustic. [Obs.]
  26. 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…
  27. Up-lāy', v. t.p. 1453To lay up; to hoard. [Obs.] Donne.
  28. Up-lēad′, v. t.p. 1453To lead upward. [Obs.]
  29. Up-lēan', v. i.p. 1453To lean or incline upon any thing. [Obs.] Spencer.
  30. 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.
  31. 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.
  32. Ŭp'līne, n.p. 1453The track of a railway, leading toward the main terminus. [Eng.]
  33. Up-lŏck', v. t.p. 1453To lock up. [Obs.]
  34. Up-lōŏk', v. i.p. 1453To look up. [Obs.]
  35. Ŭp'mōst, a.p. 1453Highest; top-most; uppermost. [Rare.] Dryden.
  36. 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…
  37. Up-pĕnt', a.p. 1453Pent up; confined. [Obs.]
  38. 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…
  39. Ŭp'per-crŭst, n.p. 1453The top-crust, as of a pie. 2. The higher class of society. [Cant., U. S.]
  40. Ŭp'per-hānd', n.p. 1453Ascendency; superiority.
  41. Up'per-lēath'er, n.p. 1453The leather for the vamps and quarters of shoes; —often colloquially abbreviated to upper.
  42. 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.
  43. Ūp'per-stŏcks, n. pl.p. 1453Breeches. [Obs.]
  44. Up'per-tēn', n. pl.p. 1453The higher class in society; the aristocracy; — contracted from upper ten thousand. [Colloq. and low, U. S.]
  45. Ŭp'per-tēn'dŏm, n.p. 1453The higher or wealthier classes; the aristocracy. [Colloq. and low, U. S.]
  46. Ūp'per-world, n.p. 1453The atmosphere. 2. Heaven. 3. This world, in distinction from the under-world.
  47. Up-pīle', v. t.p. 1453To pile or heap up.
  48. Up'pish, a.p. 1453Proud; arrogant; assuming; putting on airs of superiority. [Colloq.]
  49. Ŭp'pish-ly, adv.p. 1453In an uppish manner; in a proud or arrogant way.
  50. Ŭp'pish-ness, n.p. 1453The quality of being uppish; pride or arrogance of manner.
  51. 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.…
  52. Up-prōp', v. t.p. 1453To prop up; to support by a prop.
  53. Up-rāise', v. t.p. 1453To raise; to lift up.
  54. Up-rēar′, v. t.p. 1453To rear; to raise. The Spirit in whose honor shrines are weak / Upreared of human hands. Byron.
  55. 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.
  56. Ŭp'right, a.p. 1453In an erect position or posture; pointing directly upward; perpendicular; as, an upright tree; an upright post. “With chattering teeth, and bristling hair upright.” Dryden. All have their ears…
  57. Ŭp′right, n.p. 1453Something standing erect or perpendicular. 2. (Arch.) A representation or draught of the front of a building; an elevation. [Rare.] Gavit.
  58. Up-right'eous-ly, adv.p. 1453In an upright or just manner. [Obs.] Shak.
  59. Ŭp'rĭght-ly, adv.p. 1453In an upright manner; perpendicularly. 2. With strict observance of rectitude; honestly; as, to live uprightly. Dryden. He that walketh uprightly walketh surely. Prov. x. 9.
  60. Ūp′right-ness, n.p. 1453The quality or condition of being upright; perpendicular erection; erectness. 2. Integrity in principle or practice; conformity to rectitude and justice in social dealings; honesty. The truly upright…