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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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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.Ūp'set, a. p. 1453Set up; belonging to that which is set up for sale; — used chiefly or only in the phrase upset price, that is, the price for which the goods, &c., are offered in a public sale, or, in an auction, the…Ŭp'set, n. p. 1453An overturn; an overthrow, as of a carriage.Up-shoot', v. t. p. 1453To shoot upward. “Trees upshooting high.” Spencer.Ŭp'shŏt, n. p. 1453Final issue; conclusion; end; as, the upshot of the matter. Here is the upshot and result of all. Burnet. We account it frailty that threescore years and ten make the upshot of man's pleasurable…Ŭp'sīde, n. p. 1453The upper side; the part that is uppermost. Upside down, with the upper part undermost; hence, in confusion; in complete disorder; topsy-turvy.Ūp'-sīt/ting, n. p. 1453A wake or festival formerly observed upon the baptism of a child. [Obs.] I was entreated to invite your ladyship to a lady's up-sitting. Beau. & Fl.Ŭp’skĭp, n. p. 1453An upstart. [Obs.] Latimer.Up-snătch', v. t. p. 1453To snatch up; to seize. [Rare.]Up-sōar', v. i. p. 1453To soar or mount up.Up-spēar', v. i. p. 1453To grow or shoot up, like a spear. [Rare.] Cowper.Ŭp'spring, n. p. 1453An upstart. [Obs.] “The swaggering upspring.” Shak.Ūp-spring', v. i. p. 1453To spring up. [Obs.] Sackville.Ŭp'spurn-er, n. p. 1454A spurner or contemner. [Obs. and rare.] Joye.Ūp-stāirs', adv. p. 1454In or toward the upper story.Ūp-stānd', v. i. p. 1454To stand up; to be erected. [Obs.] The assembly next upstood. Milton.Ūp-stāre', v. i. p. 1454To stare upward; hence, to be conspicuous or uplifted. “Upstaring crests.” Spenser.Up-stürt', v. i. p. 1454To start or spring up suddenly.Ŭp'stärt, n. p. 1454Something that starts or springs up suddenly. 2. One suddenly arisen from low life to wealth, power, or honor; a parvenu.Ūp'stārt, a. p. 1454Suddenly raised to prominence or consequence. “A race of upstart creatures.” Milton.Up-stāy', v. t. p. 1454To sustain; to support. [Obs.]Ūp'stīr, n. p. 1454Insurrection; commotion; disturbance. [Obs. and rare.] Sir J. Cheeke.Ūp'strōke, n. p. 1454The line or stroke made by a writing instrument when moving upward, or from the body of the writer, or a line corresponding to the part of a letter thus made. “Some upstroke of an Alpha and Omega.”…Ŭp'sūn, n. p. 1454(Scots Law.) The time during which the sun is up, or above the horizon; the time between sunrise and sunset. Burrill.