uplift 
'I'hfiv hax liei-n :i wonderful uplift In the enthusiasm 
and faith nf ChriHtiaiiH. 
nUCbsynyattlMNst, Nv. ID, 1879. 
uplockt dip-lok'), r. I. To lock up. 
His sweet up-tm-keil treasure. .S'AoJr., Sonnets, HI. 
uplook (up-Iuk'), c. i. To look up. 
uplooking (up'luk'ing), <. Looking up; 
USpir- 
:G. ufeu, uffcit), up, < up, upp + adv. suffix 
-o: see up, adv.'] 1. prep. 1. Up and on: in 
many cases scarcely more than a synonym of 
on, the force of up being almost or entirely lost. 
See owl, prep. Specifically (a) Aloft on ; In an ele- 
vated position on ; on a high or the highest part of : not- 
ing rest or location. 
The hyge trone ther most ge hede . . . 
The hyji' godez self hit set vpone. 
Alliterative Poemt (ed. Morris^ 1. 1063. 
Two tli. ues also t h.,le,i ,leth that tyme, 
Kppon a crosse bisydes Cryst, so was the comune lawe. 
Pieri Plowman (B), xvlli. 71. 
We'll have thee, as our rarer monsters arc, 
Painted upon a pole, and under writ, 
"Here may you see the tyrant." 
Shot., Macbeth, v. 7. 26. 
Angels, clap your wings upon the skyes, 
And giue this virgin Christall plaudities. 
C. Toumeur, Revenger's Tragedy, ii. 1. 
Four brave Southron foragers 
Stood hie upon the gait. 
Sir William Wallace (Child's Ballads, VI. 238). 
Three years I lived upon a pillar, high 
Six cubits, and three years on one of twelve. 
I'l'nnii.-ini, St Simeon si j lite.. 
(u) Upward so us to get or be on : involving motion toward 
a higher point. 
The nlhtegale l-h[e)rde this, 
And hupte [hopped] uppun o.i blowe ris [branch]. 
Owl and Nightingale, 1. 163ti. 
And he xal make hym to wryte, and than gou upon a 
leddere, and settyu the tabyl abovyn Crystes hed. 
Coventry Mysterirs, p. 324. 
They shall climb up upon the houses. Joel ii. 9. 
Four nimble gnats tlie horses were, . . . 
Fly Cranion the charioteer 
r i>n the coach-box getting. 
Hi n in n, Nymplildia. 
Lucan vaulted upon Pegasus witli all the heat and in- 
trepidity of youth. Addiwu. 
To lift the woman's fall'n divinity 
Upon an even pedestal with man. 
Tennynon, Princess, ill. 
2. On, in any sense: conveying no notion of 
height, elevation, rise, or ascent. See on 1 . 
Aside from the uses noted in the foregoing definition, upon 
Is strictly synonymous with on, and is preferred in certain 
cases only for euphonic or metrical reasons. For parallel 
uses of the two words, see the following quotations. 
Dere dyn rp-u day, daunsyng on nygtes, 
Al watz hap i'pon heje in halles & chauihrez. 
Sir Gaivai/ne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), L 47. 
Swyerez (squires] that swyftly swyed on blonkex [horses], 
.v also fele rpon fote, of fre & of bonde. 
Alliterative Poruu (ed. Morris), (L 88. 
I he node with a felle cours flowet on hepls, 
Also, that euery brother and suster schul be boxom, and 
come whan they be warned, . . . vpon theoth th they 
haue maud, ami nn the peyne of xl. d. to pale to the box; 
. . . \'i"ni the peyne afore-seid, but he baue a verrey en- 
chesoun wherfore th' the.v mowc be excused. 
English Si/da (E. E. T. S.), p. 10. 
That Peter's heirs should tread on Emperors, 
And walk iijiini the dreadful adder's back. 
Marlon;; Failstlis, iii. 1. 
L'pnn whom doth not his light arise? (Compare Mat. v. 
45: lie muketli his sun to rise mi the evil and tin the good.) 
Job xxv. 3. 
It takes stalwart and uplwikim/ faith to make history 
[such as the Purilans inaih]. rjssfpt, My .Study, p. 294. 
uplying (tip'H'iug), a. Elevated; of laud, up- 
huul. 
In up-luimj situations, where the drift consists ot raw 
material, fluxion structural ore seldom detected. 
Nature, XXX. 530. 
unmaking (up'ma'king), n. In ship-buildinij, 
pin-en of plauk or timber piled one on another 
as a filling up, especially those placed between 
the bilgeways and a ship's bottom preparatory 
to launching. 
upmost (up most), a. superl. [< up + -most. 
Cf. uppermost.] Highest; topmost; uppermost. 
Lowliness is young ambition's ladder, 
Wherto the climber-upward turns his face ; 
But when he once attains the upmort round, 
He then unto the ladder turns his back. 
Shot., J. C., 1L L 24. 
Upon (u-pon'), prep, and adv. [< ME. upon, up- 
poii, upone, opon, oppon, upon, appone, up/ten, < 
AS. uppon, n / 1/ HI a (= Icel. up d, upp a = Sw.pd 
(< uppd) = Dan. paa, upon), upon, up on, < up, 
upp, up, + an, on, on: see ui> andoni. Cf. AS. 
an (= OS. uppan = OFries. uppa, o/i/m = 
6061 
Vat. And mi a li.vi-.hook pray for my success. 
I'ro. t'punwmv book I love I'll pray for thee. 
tihak., T. (J. of V., I. 1. i. 
My saucy bark, inferior far to his, 
'in i -in In., ail main doth wilfully appear: 
Your shallowest help will hold me up afloat, 
Whilst he upon your soundless deep doth ride. 
.Viu*., Sonnets, Ixxx. 
Upon the head of all who sat beneath . . . 
Samson, with these immlx'd, Inevitably 
Pull'd down the same destruction on himself. 
Milton, H. A., 1. 1052. 
The tide is full, the moon lies fair 
Upon tlie straits ; on the French coast the light 
U learns and Is gone. M. Arnold, Dover Beach. 
To beat!, blow, fall, pass, etc., upon, see tlie verbs. 
Upon an average, a thought, occasion, one's 
hands, one'a oath, etc. See the nouns. 
Il.t mil'. Hereupon; thereupon; onward; on. 
Til May It wol suffice uppon to fede, 
Knt leuger not thenne Marche If It slial sede. 
Palladium, Husboudrie (E. E. T. S.\ p. 181. 
It Is great morning, and the hour preftx'd 
i if her delivery to this valiant Greek 
Comes fast upon. Shak., T. and C., iv. 3. 8. 
uponont, upononet, '/<. At once ; anon. See 
a nun (the same word without the element up). 
When mercury hade nienyt this mater to endc, 
And graunt me thlse gyftls hit gladlt my hert. 
I ouswaret hym esely enyn rpoiwn. 
Dettructian of Troy (E. E. T. S.\ L 2418. 
up-peak (up-pek'), v. i. To rise iu or to a peak. 
Stanihurxt, ^Eneid, iii. 209. [Rare.] 
upper (up'er), a. and . [< ME. upper (= D. op- 
per = MLG. uppere), compar. of up: see up, and 
cf. over.'} I. a. 1. Higher in place: opposed 
to nether: as, the upper lip; the upper side of 
a thing ; an upper story ; the upper deck. 
And such a yell was there 
Of sudden and portentous birth. 
As if men fought upon the earth, 
And fiends in upper air. 
Scott, Marmion, \ i. 25. 
2. Superior in rank or dignity: as, the upper 
house of a legislature ; an upper servant. 
Few of the tipper Planter* drlnke any water : but the 
better sort are well furnished with Sacke, AquavlUe, and 
upraising 
ity and often ragged upper-gnurth strikes IU sturdy 
roots deep ,i,, n int., tlie sand. Suture, XXXIX. 470. 
upper-machine (npVr-nm-shen'), . In xlnii- 
v mil- ot tin- viirious machines used 
in I'littin^ out or shaping the upperx of h.,,,1- 
:ind sliuo, inrliiiliiijj i-riHipiiiii-, ii iiiiiiiinii , am! 
'Hi/ nun M 
Uppermost ( up'rr -most ), a. XM in 1 1. [< upper + 
inn*/; <(. ii/iiinint.'] 1. Highest in (.luce; first 
in precedence: as, the uppermost Beats. 
Euen vpon the uiiptnnoit pinnacle of the temple. 
J. Uilall, On Luke Iv. 
2. Highest in power; predominant; most pmv- 
erful; first in force or strength. 
Whatever faction happens to be uppernuml. Strifl. 
As In perfumes composed with art and cost, 
Tli hard to say what scent Is uppermott 
Dryden, Kleiuiora, 1. 164. 
uppermost (up'er-most), <i(/r. */r/. 1. In the 
highest position or place; also, first in a series 
or in order of time. 
They |the primitive Quakers] committed to writing 
whatever words came utipermui, as fast as the pen could 
put them down, and subjected to no after-revision what 
luvl been produced with no forethought. 
Southey, Life of Bunyan, p. 41. 
2f. First in order of precedence. 
All Dukes daughters shall goe all-one with a uother, so* 
that al it ayes the Eldest Dukes Daughter go rptrmutL 
Booke of Precedence (E. E. T. S., extra .), I. 14. 
upper-stockst (up'er-stoks), n. pi. Breeches. 
Also overstocks. Compare netlier-ntock. 
j, 
(Saret.) 
upper ten 
in Capt. John Smith's True Travels, II. 258. 
Betting proper was not so much diffused through all 
ranks and classes (in 1845), but was more confined to the 
upper circles of society, nineteenth Century, XXVI. 842. 
To have "r get the upper hand. See hand. To have 
the upper fortune', to have the upper hand. 
You hare the upper fortune of him. 
Beau, and Fl., Honest Man's Fortune, L 2. 
To hold the upper hand'. Same as to hate the upper 
hand. to keep a stiff upper lip. See lip. Upper 
Bench, In Ewj. nut. . the name given to the Court of King's 
Bench during the exile of Charles II. Upper case. Bee 
tM*,8. Upper coverts, in ornith., the coverts on the 
upper side of the wings and tail ; superior tectrices. See 
coiwrt,)!., 6. Upper crust, the higher circles of society; 
the aristocracy; the upper ten. jsiang.] Upper cul- 
mination. See culmination. Upper house. SeeAot/Ml. 
uppertendom (up-er-ten'dum), w. t 
+ -rfom.] Same as upper ten thousand (which 
see, under upper). 
up-pile (up-pQ'), t?. t. To pile up; heap up. 
Southey, Thalaba, ii. [Rare.] 
tipping (up'ing), n. [Verbal u. of 'up, r., < up, 
aat:~] The act of marking a swan on the upper 
mandible. See ttwan-upping. 
uppish (up'ish), a. [< up + -isAi.] 1. Proud; 
arrogant ; airy ; self-assertive ; assuming. [Col- 
loq.] 
It seems daring to roll at Informers, projectors, and 
officers was not uppuk enough, but his Lordship must 
rise so high as daring to limit the power and revenue of 
the Crown. Jtoger Sfurth, Examen, p. 48. (Dane*.) 
Half-pay officers at the parade very uppiA upon the 
death of the King of Spain. 
Tom .Brown, Works, 1. 154. (Davin.) 
Americans are too ujipith; but when you get hold of a 
man that is nccustomcu to being dow ntrodden, it 's easy 
to keep him so. P. R. Stockton, Merry Chanter, xvli. 
2. Tipsy. [Slang.] 
Lady Head. Not so drunk, I hope, but that he can drive 
us? 
Sere. Yes, yes, Madam, he drives best ben he 's a little 
upM. Vanurugh, Journey to London, I1L 1. 
and shoes. (6) Vamps and quarters of boots and shoes 
collectively. Also called simply uppert. 
Thelr Tables were so very Neat, and Shln'd with Rub- 
bUig. like the Upper Leather! of on Alderman's shoes. 
Quoted in Anhtun Social Life in Reign of Queen Anne, 
[I. 227. 
Upper story, a story above the ground floor ; the top 
story ; hence, colloquially, the head ; the brain. 
It knocked everything topsy-turvy in my upwr story, 
and there Is some folks as says I hain't nevergof right up 
thar sence. Harper 1 * Mag., LXXX. 848. 
yish-nes), 11. The character of be- 
ing uppish; arrogance; airiness; pretentious- 
ness; self-assertion. 
I sometimes question whether that quality in him (Lan- 
dor] which we cannot but recognize and admire, his lofti- 
ness of mind, should not sometimes rather be called up- 
pithneti, so often is the one caricatured Into the other by 
a blusterous keif-confidence and self-assertion. 
Loircll, The Century, XXXV. 512. 
up-plightt,. t. lME.,<njt + plights.] To fold 
up ; carry off. 
nity ; the higher circles or leading classes iu society. 
At present there is no distinction among the upper ten 
thousand of the city. y. P. Willis, Ephemera. 
Here In the afternoon hours of spring and autumn la the 
favorite promenade of the upper ten. 
Harper' i Mag., LXXVIII. 668. 
Upper works (mm/.). Same as dead-icorkt. 
U. n. 1. The upper part of a shoe or boot, 
comprising the vamp and quarters. 
Ladies' straight top button upper with straight toe cap. 
Ure, Diet, IV. 10B. 
2. pi. Separate cloth gaiters to button above 
the shoes over the ankle To be on one's uppers, 
to be poor or in hard luck : referring to a wom-out condi- 
tion of one's shoes. (Slang.) 
compar. of up, ndr .] Higher. 
And with this word upper to sore 
He gan. Chaucer, House of Fame, 1. 884. 
upperestt (up'tr-est), a. superl. [ME. upper- 
este; < upper + -est.~\ Highest. 
By whiche degrees men myhten clymben fro tlie nether- 
este lettre to tlie uppereste. Chaucer, Boethins, i. prose I. 
upper-growth (up'er-groth), w. That part of a 
plant or shrub which is above the ground. 
Here, too, w as planted that strange and interesting den- 
i:'en of the \iilili-riiess, the Saxaous, . . . which with a 
up-plow (up-plou'), v. t. To plow up; tear up 
as by plowing. G. Fletcher. [Rare.] 
up-pluck (tip-pluk' ), p. t. To pluck up ; pull up. 
[Rare.] 
And you, sweet flow'rs, that Iu this garden grow, . . . 
Yourselves uppluckd would to his funeral hie. 
Q. Fletcher, Christ's Triumph over Death, 
up-pricked (up-prikf), a. Set up sharply or 
pointedly; erected; pricked up. Shak., Venus 
and Adonis, 1. 271. [Rare.] 
up-prop (up-prop'), r. i. To prop up; sustain 
by a prop. Donne, Progress of tne Soul, i. 
up-putting (np'put'ing), n. Lodging; enter- 
tainment for man and beast. Scott. [Scotch.] 
(up-raV), v. t. f< ME. uprryneii ; < up 
!.] To raise; lift up. 
Upon a night 
Whan that the mone uprvywd had her light. 
CAourcr, Good Women, 1. 1163. 
The man 
His spear had reached in strong anus he uprait-d. 
William Morrit, Earthly Paradise, III. 323. 
(up'ra'zing-), n. Rearing; nurture. 
There was nothing of the Corydon about Hunt or his 
uprairiny, as the Scotch call it 
The Portfolio, N. S., Xo. 13, p. 10. 
