Uphantaenia 
problematic character, classed by Hchimper 
with Dictuophjfton in a group of Alijte to which 
he gave the name of Dieti/aphytete : but at the 
same time he calls attention to the fact that 
this most extraordinary fossil possesses some 
of the characters of the skeleton of a silicious 
sponge, and it has been recently more generally 
referred to this class of organisms. See Diety- 
ophljton. 
uphasp (up-hasp'), y. t. To hasp or fasten up. 
Staiiilmrst, jEneid, iv. 254. (Davies.) [Rare.] 
uphaud (up-had'), v. t. A Scotch form of up- 
hold. 
upheap (up-hep'), v. t. To pile or heap up; ac- 
cumulate. Ptilladius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), 
p. 90. 
upheapingt (up-he'ping), H. [ME. uphcping; < 
up + heaping.] Accession; addition to full 
measure. 
The syngler uphepynge of thi welfnlnesse. 
Chaucer, Boe'thins, ii. prose 3. 
upheaval (up-he'val), n. The act of upheaving, 
or the state of being upheaved ; a heaving or 
lifting up; specifically, in geol., a disturbance 
of a part of the earth's crust, having as one 
of its results that certain areas occupy a higher 
position with reference to adjacent areas than 
they did before the disturbance took place. 
Uph'eaval is a part of the process by which mountain- 
chains liavu been formed ; it is the opposite of subsidence. 
The subsidence of one region may cause the apparent up- 
heaval of another adjacent to it. Doctrine of violent 
upheavals. Same as theory of cataclysms (which see, 
under cataclysm). 
upheave (up-hev'), v. I. trans. To heave or 
lift up ; raise up or aloft. 
Arcita anon his hand uphaf. 
Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1. 1570. 
Continents are upheaved at the rate of a foot or two in 
a century. H. Spencer, Social Statics, p. 378. 
II. intrans. To be lifted up; rise. 
The pavement bursts, the earth upheaves 
Beneath the staggering town ! 
O. W. Holmes, Agnes. 
upheaving (up-he'ving), n. The act or process 
of lifting up or being lifted up; an upheaval. 
All waves save those coming from submarine upheav- 
ings are caused by the wind. Sci. Amer., N. S., LXII. 82. 
Upheld (up-held'). Preterit and past participle 
of uphold. 
uphelm (up-helm'), v. i. To put the helm to 
windward. Tribune Book of Sports, p. 284. 
upher (u'fer), n. In building, a fir pole of from 
4 to 7 inches diameter, and 20 to 40 feet long, 
sometimes roughly hewn, used in scaffoldings 
and sometimes in slight and common roofs, for 
which use it is split. Gwilt. [Eng.] 
uphildt (up-hild'). An obsolete form of upheld, 
preterit and past participle of uphold. Spemer, 
F. Q. VI. xi. 21. 
uphill (up'hil'), adv. Upward; up, or as if up, 
an ascent : as, to walk uphill. 
uphill (up'hil), n. and n. I. a. 1. Leading or 
going up a rising ground ; sloping upward : as, 
an uphill road. -2. Attended with labor, fa- 
tigue, or exertion; difficult; severe; fatiguing; 
burdensome : as, uphill work ; hence, not hav- 
ing free course; hampered: as, an upliill ac- 
quaintance. 
What an uphill labour must it be to a learner. 
Richardson, Clarissa Harlowe. 
These will be uphill intimacies, without charm or free- 
dom to the end ; and freedom is the chief ingredient in 
confidence. R. L. Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisquc, IV. 
II. t Rising ground; ascent; upward slope. 
A man can have no even way, but continually high up- 
hUs and steepe dowu-hils. Coryat, Crudities, I. 56. 
uphiltt (up-hilf), i: t. To plunge in up to the 
hilt. [Rare.] 
His blayd he with thrusting in his old dwynd carcas up- 
hilled. Stanihurst, jEneid, ii. 577. 
uphoard (up-hord'), D. . To hoard up. Shale.. 
Hamlet, i. 1. 136. [Rare.] 
uphold (up-hold'), v. t. [< ME. *upholden; < 
up + hold*.] 1. To hold up; raise or lift on 
high; keep raised or elevated ; elevate. 
The mournful train with groans and hands upheld 
Besought his pity. Dryden. 
2. To keep erect; keep from sinking or falling ; 
hence, to support ; sustain; maintain; keep up; 
keep from declining or being lost or ruined: as, 
to uphold a person, a decision, or a verdict. 
Of whom Judas Maccabeus did uphold their State from 
a further declination. Sandys, Travailes, p. 112. 
While life upholds this arm, 
This arm upholds the house of Lancaster. 
Shall., 3 Hen. VI., iii. 3. 106. 
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3. To countenance; give aid to: as, to uphold 
a lawbreaker. 4. To warrant; vouch for. 
Seventeenth Century Words. 
upholder (up-hol'der), . [< ME. upholdere. a 
dealer; < u]> + h older. CLttpholdstcr.] If. One 
who undertakes or carries on a business ; a 
tradesman; a broker; a dealer, especially a 
dealer in small wares. 
Vpholderes on the hul [Cornhill] shullen haue hit to selle. 
Piers Plowman (C), xiii. 218. 
Vpholdere, that sellythe smal thynsys. Velaber, velabra. 
Prompt. Pare., p. 512. 
2f. An undertaker; one who has charge of fu- 
nerals. 
Th' upholder, rueful harbinger of death, 
Waits with impatience for the dying breath. 
Gay, Trivia. 
3f. An upholsterer. 
Birchover, otherwise Birchin, Lane, in the reign of 
Henry VI., "had ye for the most part dwelling Fripperers 
or Upholders, that sold old apparel and household stuff " 
(Stow, "Annals," p. 75, ed. 1876). 
A', and Q., 7th ser., X. 328. 
4. One who upholds ; a supporter; a defender; 
a sustainer: as, an upholder of religious free- 
dom. 
An earnest and zealous upholder of his country. 
Holinshed, Chron. of Ireland, an. 1546. 
upholdstert, upholstert, . [Early mod. E. 
also upholstar; < late ME. upholdxter, upholster; 
< uphold + -ster.] An upholder or upholsterer. 
Upholdtters vieswariers. Euerard the vpholster can 
well stoppe a mantel hooled, lull agayn, carde agayn, 
skowre agayn a goune, and alle old cloth. 
Caxton, Booke for Travellers (quoted in Prompt. Parv., 
(p. 612, note). 
These are they that pay the loyner, the rope-maker, the 
upholster, the Laundrer, the Glazier. 
Heyivood, Royal King (Works, ed. Pearson, 1874, VI. 49). 
Upholdster or upholsterer, a tradesman that deals in all 
sorts of chamber furniture. E. Phillips, 1706. 
upholster (up-hol'ster), v. t. [< upholsterer, re- 
garded as formed < upholster, v., + -er 1 : see 
upholsterer.] 1. To furnish with hangings, 
curtains, carpets, and the like, and, by exten- 
sion, with furniture of different kinds. 
Farewell, thou old Chateau with thy upholstered rooms ! 
Carlyle, Misc., IV. 97. 
2. To provide with textile coverings, together 
with cushions, stiiffing, springs, etc., as a chair 
or sofa. 
The [Assyrianl seats were cushioned or upholstered with 
rich materials. Encyc. Brit., IX. 847. 
Hence 3. To provide with any covering. 
The whole tiiorax hollow is now laid bare and uphol- 
stered with the skin-muscle flap. Lancet, No. 3517, p. 218. 
upholsterer (up-hol'ster-er), n. [< uplioldster, 
upholster, + -er 1 (with needless repetition of -er, 
as in poult-er-er).] 1. One who upholsters, or 
provides and puts in place curtains, carpets, 
textile coverings for furniture, and the like. 
2. An upholsterer-bee; a leaf -cutter. 
upholsterer-bee (up-hol'ster-er-be), n. A bee 
of one of cer- 
tain genera of 
the family Api- 
dee, such as Me- 
gachile or An- 
thocopa, which 
upholsters its 
cell with regu- 
larly cut bits of 
leaves or pet- ceil of u p hou,e re ,-bcc. 
als of flowers. 
Also called leaf-cutter. See Megachile, leaf-cut- 
ter, and poppy-bee. 
upholstering (up-hol'ster-ing), n. [Verbal n. 
of upholster, v.] 1. The occupation of an up- 
holsterer. 2. Upholstery. 
Upholstery (up-hol'ster-i), n. [< upholster + -y3 
(see -ery).] 1. Furniture covered with tex- 
tile material, and hangings, curtains, and the 
like : a general term for all such interior deco- 
rations and fittings as are made with textiles. 
2. The art or trade of using textiles, leather, 
and the like in making furniture, decorating an 
interior, etc. 
uphroe (u'fro), . [Also euphroe, uvrou; < D. 
juffrouw, a young lady, also reduced juffer, a 
young lady, in naut. use applied to "pulleys 
without truckles put up only for ornaments 
sake"(Sewel), also to spars, beams, joists, etc.: 
a contracted form of jonkvrouw, jongvrouw (= 
Gr.jitiigfrau,junfer), a young lady, < jong, young, 
+ vronw, woman, lady : see young and/rap^and 
cf. younker, junker.] N&ut., an oblong or oval 
piece of wood with holes in it through which 
small lines are rove, forming a crowfoot, from 
which an awning is suspended. 
uplift 
uphurl (iip-herl'), r. f. To hurl or cast up. 
Ktanihurxt, ^Eneid, iii. 633. (Davies.) [Rare.] 
upland (up'land), . and a. [ME. upland; < up, 
prep., upon, on, + land*. Cf. inland, outlaiul. 
In the later use the up is used in its adverbial 
sense.] I. . If. The region in the interior; 
inland districts ; country as distinguished from 
the neighborhood of towns or populous dis- 
tricts. 2. The higher grounds of a district; 
ground elevated above meadows and valleys; 
slopes of hills, etc. 
Its uplands sloping deck the mountain's side. 
Goldsmith, The Traveller. 
See cotton 1. 
Of or pertaining to the inland dis- 
tricts, or the country, as distinguished" from 
the neighborhood of towns. 
Sometimes witli secure delight 
The upland hamlets will invite. 
Milton, L' Allegro, 1. 92. 
Hence 2f. Rustic; countrified; rude; sav- 
age; uncivilized. Compare inland, 4. Cliap- 
er 
3. pi. A grade of cotton. 
II, a. 1. 
man. 3. Of or pertaining to uplands, or higher 
grounds: as, upland pasturage ; also, frequent- 
ing uplands : as, the upland plover. 
I stood upon the upland slope, and cast 
Mine eyes upon a broad and beauteous scene. 
Bryant, After a Tempest. 
Upland bqneset, a tall branching thorotighwort, Eupa- 
torium sessilifolium, found from Massachusetts to Illinois 
and southward along the mountains. Upland cotton. 
See cotton^. Upland flake. See fake'?. upland goose, 
Chloephaga magellanica, of South America. Upland 
Mennonite. See Mennonite. Upland moccasin, a 
venomous serpent of the southern United States, related 
to but probably distinct from the common or water moc- 
casin. It is not well determined, but appears to be the 
moccasin originally described by Troost in 1836 as Toxi- 
cophis atrofuscus, by Holbrook in 1842 as Trigonocepftalus 
atrofuscus, later referred to the genus Ancistrodon, and to 
be that commonly called cottonmouth. Upland plover 
or sandpiper, the Bartramian sandpiper, Bartramia Ion- 
gicauda; the uplander. See plover, 3, and cut under Bar- 
tramia. [New Eng.) 
Uplander (up'lan-der), M. 1. An inhabitant of 
the uplands. 
But flfty knew the shipman's gear, 
The rest were uplanders. 
William Morrii, Earthly Paradise, I. 10. 
2. The upland plover or sandpiper. [Local, 
Massachusetts.] 
uplandisht (up'lan-dish), a. [< ME. uplondish; < 
upland + -ish.] 1. Of or pertaining to uplands; 
pertaining to or situated in country districts: 
as, uplandish towns. 
The duke elector of Saxony came from the war of those 
uplandish people . . . into Wittenberg. 
Tyndale, Ans. to Sir T. More, etc. (Parker Soc.), p. 188. 
2. Hence, rustic ; rude ; boorish ; countrified ; 
uncultured; unrefined. 
The rude and uplandish ploughmen of the country are 
not supposed to be greatly afraid of your gentlemen's 
idle serving-men. 
Sir T. More, Utopia (tr. by Robinson), i. 
3. Upland. 
Fifteen miles space of uplandish ground. 
Sir T. More, Utopia (tr. by Robinson), ii. 
uplay (up-la' ),!.?. To lay up; hoard. Donne, 
Annunciation and Passion. [Rare.] 
uplead (up-led'), v. t. To lead upward. Milton, 
P. L., vii. 12. 
uplean (up-len'), r. i. To lean upon anything. 
[Rare.] 
This shepheard drives, vpleaning on his batt. 
Spenser, Virgil's Gnat, 1. 154. 
upleap (up-lep'), t 1 . i. [< ME. vplepeu ; < up + 
leap 1 .'] To leap up; spring up. William of Pa- 
lerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3283. [Rare.] 
uplift (up-liff), v. t. To lift or raise up; raise; 
elevate: literally or figuratively: as, to uplift 
the arm ; uplifted eyes. 
Earth 
Upljfts a general cry for guilt and wrong, 
And heaven is listening. Bryant, Earth. 
And shall not joy uplift me when I lead 
The flocks of Christ by the still streams to feed ? 
Jones Very, Poems, p. 100. 
uplift (up-liff), a. Uplifted. 
With head uplift above the wave. 
[Rare.] 
Milton, P. L., i. 193. 
We humbly screen 
With uplift hands our foreheads. 
Keats, Endymion, i. 
uplift (up'lift), n. 
heaval. 
1. An upheaval. See up- 
A geologic-ally sudden, high uplift of the iiortheaatem 
part of the continent. Amer. Jour. Set., 3d ser., XLI. 40. 
2. Raising; elevation; mental, moral, or physi- 
cal exaltation. 
The rapidity of the uplift in health in many of the cases. 
Lancet, No. 3448, p. 681. 
