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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-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.Ŭp-swarm', v. t. p. 1454To raise in a swarm. [Obs.] Shak.Ūp-swēll', v. i. p. 1454To swell or rise up.Ūp-tāke', v. t. p. 1454To take into the hand. [Obs.]Ūp'tāke, n. p. 1454(Steam-boilers.) A smoke-box.Ūp-teăr′, v. t. p. 1454To tear up.Up-thrōw', v. t. p. 1454To throw up.Ūp-tie', v. t. p. 1454To tie up; to twist; to convolve. A hateful snake, the which his tail Upties in many folds. Spenser.Ūp-town', a. p. 1454Situated in, or belonging to, the upper part of a town; as, up-town people; up-town society.Ūp-town', adv. p. 1454To, or in, the upper part of a town.Ūp-trāce', v. t. p. 1454To trace up or out; to follow; to investigate.Ūp-trāin', v. t. p. 1454To train up; to educate. [Obs.]Ūp'-trāin, n. p. 1454In English usage, a train on railways, which goes toward the main terminus. 2. In American usage, a train going toward the upper terminus, or in the direction conventionally denoted by up.Up-tûrn', v. t. p. 1454To turn up; to direct upward; to throw up; as, to upturn the ground in plowing. “A sea of upturned faces.” D. Webster. So scented the grim feature, and upturned His nostrils wide into the murky air.…Ū'pu-pà, n. p. 1454(Ornith.) One of the hoopoe family, the individuals of which have an ornament on the head formed of a double range of long feathers, erected at will. [See Illust. of Hoopoe.]Ūp'ward, a. p. 1454Directed to a higher place; as, with upward eye; with upward speed.Ūp'ward, n. p. 1454The upper part; the top. [Obs. and rare.] From the extremest upward of thy head To the descent and dust beneath thy feet, A most toad-spotted traitor. Shak.Ūp'ward or Ūp'wards, adv. p. 1454In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; toward the source or origin; — opposed to downward. Upward I lift mine eyes. Watts. Looking inward, we are struck dumb; looking upward, we…Ūp-whīrl', v. i. p. 1454To rise upward in a whirl; to whirl upward.Ūp-whīrl', v. t. p. 1454To raise upward with a whirling motion. [Obs.]Up-wind', v. t. p. 1454To wind up. [Obs.] Spenser.Ū-ræ'mi-ā, n. p. 1454(Med.) Accumulation in the blood of the principles of the urine, producing dangerous disease.U-rā'li-an, a. p. 1454(Geog.) Of, or relating to, the Ural Mountains.Ū'ran-glīm'mer, n. p. 1454(Min.) Uranite. [Obs.] See URANITE.U-rā'ni-ă p. 1454(Myth.) One of the nine Muses, daughter of Zeus by Mnemosyne. She was regarded as the Muse of astronomy.U-rā'n'ic, a. p. 1454(Chem.) Pertaining to, obtained from, or containing uranium; — said of salts, of which the base is sesquioxide of uranium, or in which oxide of uranium acts as an acid. Graham.Ū'ra-nīte, n. p. 1454(Min.) An ore of uranium, of a bright green or yellow color, and foliated like mica. ☞— The green variety consists of oxide of uranium, phosphoric acid, and copper, and is called chalcolite or copper…Ū'ra-nīt'ic, a. p. 1454Of, pertaining to, or containing, uranium.U-rā'ni-ŭm, n. p. 1454(Min.) A metal discovered in 1789, by Klaproth, in the mineral called pitchblende, in which it exists as an oxide, with oxide of iron, and some lead, sulphur, arsenic, cobalt, and zinc. It occurs…Ū'ran-mī'cȧ, n. p. 1454(Min.) Uranite. See URANITE.Ū'ran-ō'cher or Ū'ran-ō'chre, n. p. 1454A yellow, earthy incrustation, supposed to be the oxide of uranium, combined with carbonic acid;—applied also to pitchblende. Dana.Ū'ra-no-grăph'ic or Ū'ra-no-grăph'ic-al, a. p. 1454Of, or pertaining to, a description of the heavens.Ū'ra-nŏg'ra-phy, n. p. 1454A description of the heavens, and the heavenly bodies; uranology.U-răn'/o-līte, n. p. 1454A meteorite or aërolite. [Obs.] Hutton.Ū'ra-nŏl'o-gy, n. p. 1454A discourse or treatise on the heavens and the heavenly bodies; — uranography.Ū'ra-nōs'eo-py, n. p. 1454Contemplation of the heavens or heavenly bodies.Ū'ra-nōüs, a. p. 1454(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, consisting of, or containing, uranium;—said of salts of which the base is protoxide of uranium;—also applied to the electro-negative constituents with which uranium forms…Ū'ra-nŭs, n. p. 1454(Astron.) One of the primary planets. It is about 1,800,000,000 miles from the sun, about 36,000 miles in diameter, and its period of revolution round the sun is nearly 84 of our years. ☞ This planet…U-rä'o, n. p. 1454(Min.) The native sesquicarbonate of soda, found at the bottom of a lake in Maracaybo, South America, also in Africa, and elsewhere; — trona. Dana.Ū′rate, n. p. 1454(Chem.) A compound of uric acid and a base.Ur'ban, a. p. 1454Of, or belonging to, a city; as, an urban population.Ur-bāne', a. p. 1454Courteous in manners; polite; courteous; refined.Ur'ban-iste, n. p. 1454A variety of pear.Ur-bān'i-ty, n. p. 1454The quality of being urbane; civility or courtesy of manners; politeness; refinement. The marquis did the honors of his house with all the urbanity of his country. W. Irving. 2. Facetiousness.…Ur'ban-ize, v. t. p. 1454To render urbane; to make civil and courteous; to polish. [Rare.] Howell.Ur-bĭc'ū-lous, a. p. 1454Of, or pertaining to, a city; urban. [Rare.]