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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-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.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…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.Up-right'eous-ly, adv. p. 1453In an upright or just manner. [Obs.] Shak.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.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…Up-rīse', v. i. p. 1453To rise up; to get up; to rise. “Uprose the sun.” Cowley. Uprose the virgin with the morning light. Pope. Nor dim nor red, like God’s own head, The glorious sun uprist. Coleridge.Up-rīse', n. p. 1453The act of rising up; appearance above the horizon; rising. [Obs.] Did ever raven sing so like a lark, That gives sweet tidings of the sun’s uprise? Shak.Up-rīs'ing, n. p. 1453The act of rising; also, a steep place; an ascent. “The steep uprising of the hill.” Shak.Ūp'rōar, n. p. 1453Great tumult; violent disturbance and noise; bustle and clamor. The Jews, who believed not, . . . set all the city on an uproar. Acts xvii. 5. Horror thus prevailed, And wild uproar. Philips.Up-rōar', v. t. p. 1453To throw into uproar or confusion. [Obs. and rare.] Had I power, I should . . . Uproar the universal peace. Shak.Up-rōar'i-oŭs, a. p. 1453Making, or accompanied by, a great uproar, or noise and tumult; as, uproarious merriment.Up-rōar'i-oŭs-ly, adv. p. 1453In an uproarious manner; with great noise and tumult.Up-rōar'i-oŭs-ness, n. p. 1453The state or quality of being uproarious, or noisy and riotous.Up-rōll', v. t. p. 1453To roll up.Up-ro͞ot', v. t. p. 1453To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to eradicate; to deracinate; to remove utterly. Trees uprooted left their place. Dryden. At his command the uprooted hills retire. Milton.Up-rouse', v. t. p. 1453To rouse up; to rouse from sleep; to awake.Up-rŭn', v. i. p. 1453To run up; to mount or ascend. [Rare.] “Upran to manhood.” Cooper.Up-sĕnd′, v. t. p. 1453To send, cast, or throw up. “Up-sends a smoke.” Cooper.Up-sēt’, v. t. p. 1453To set up; to put upright. 2. To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end, when it is set up endwise;—applied also to the shortening and resetting of the tire of a…Up-sēt', v. i. p. 1453To become thickened and shortened, as a piece of iron when hammered on the end.