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UPHE'LD, pret. &ndpart.pass, of uphold. Maintained; 
sustained. 
He who reigns 
Monarch in heaveu, till then, as one secure, 
Sat on his throne, upheld by old repute. Milton. 
UPHI'LL, adj. Difficult; like the labour of climbing a 
hill.—What an uphill labour must it be to a learner, who 
has those first rudiments to master at twenty years of age, 
which others are taught at ten. Richardson. 
UPHILL, a parish of England, in Somersetshire; 8 miles 
north-west-by-west of Axbridge, near the passage to Wales, 
across the Bristol channel. 
To UPHOA'RD, v. a. To treasure; to store; to accu¬ 
mulate in private places. 
If thou hast uphoarded in thy life 
Extorted treasure, in the womb of earth, 
Speak of it. Shahspeare. 
UPHOE, a hamlet of England, in the parish of Laven- 
dons, Buckinghamshire. 
To UPHO'LD, v. a. preter. upheld; and part. pass, up¬ 
held , and upholden. To lift on high. 
The mournful train with groans and hands upheld. 
Besought his pity. Dry den. 
To support; to sustain ; to keep from falling. 
While life upholds this arm, 
This arm upholds the house of Lancaster. Shahspeare. 
To keep from declension.—There is due from the judge to 
the advocate some commendation, where causes are fair 
pleaded ; for that upholds, in the client, the reputation of 
his council, and beats down in him the conceit of his cause. 
Bacon. —To support in any state of life.—Many younger 
brothers have neither lands nor means to uphold themselves. 
Ralegh. —To continue; to keep from defeat—Divers, al¬ 
though peradventure not willing to be yoked with elderships, 
yet'were contented to uphold opposition against bishops, 
not without greater hurt to the course of their whole proceed¬ 
ings. Hooker —To keep from being lost. 
Fauiconbridge, 
In spite of spite, alone upholds the day. Shahspeare. 
To continue without failing,—A deaf person, by observ¬ 
ing the motions of another man’s mouth, knows what he 
says, and upholds a current communication of discourse with 
him. Holder. —To continue in being.—A due proportion 
is held betwixt the parts, as well in the natural body of man, 
as the body politic of the state, for the upholding of the 
whole. II a hew ill, 
UPHO'LDER, s. A supporter. 
Suppose then Atlas ne’er so wise: 
Yet when the weight of kingdoms lies 
Too long upon his single shoulders, 
Sink down he must, or find upholders. Swift. 
A sustainer in being.—The knowledge thereof is so many 
manuductions to the knowledge and admiration of the infi¬ 
nite wisdom of the Creator and upholder of them. Hale .— 
An undertaker; one who provides for funerals.—The com¬ 
pany of upholders have a right upon the bodies of the sub¬ 
jects. Arhuthvot. 
UPHOLLAND, a township of England, in Lancashire; 3 
miles from Wigan. 
UPHO'LSTERER, s. One who furnishes houses; one 
who fits up apartments with beds and furniture.—If a corner 
of the hanging wants a single nail, send for the upholsterer . 
Swift. 
Mere wax as yet, you fashion him with ease. 
Your barber, cook, upholsterer. Pope. 
UPHO'LSTERY, s. The articles made or sold by up¬ 
holsterers. 
UPIA, a river of the new kingdom of Granada, in the 
province of San Juan de los Llanos, which enters the Meta. 
UPIENI, a river of Brazil, in the province of Seara, which 
enters the sea between the river Acuma and the point of 
Arecifes. 
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UPLAMOOR, a village of Scotland, in Renfrewshire, in 
the parish of Nielston. 
U'PLAND, s. [uplanb, Sax.] Higher ground.—Men at 
first, after the flood, lived in the uplands and sides of the 
mountains, and by degrees sunk into the plains. Burnet. 
U'PLAND, adj. Higher in situation. 
Sometimes with secure delight, 
The upland hamlets will invite. Milton. 
Rude; savage. This is the meaning in Chapman; pro¬ 
bably because the uplanders, having less commerce, were less 
civilized. 
And long’d to see this heap of fortitude, 
That so illiterate was, and upland rude, 
That lawes divine nor humane he had learn’d. Chapman. 
UPLAND, a hamlet of England, in the parish of Kirk- 
lington, North Riding of Yorkshire. 
UPLAND, a province of Middle Sweden, bounded by the 
gulf of Bothnia, the Baltic, the lake of Malar, and Westmann- 
land. Upland contains Upsal, and several other towns. 
UPLA'NDISH, adj. [uplanbipc, Sax.] Higher in situa¬ 
tion ; mountainous.—He caused fifteen miles’ space of up - 
landish ground, where the sea had no passage, to be cut and 
digged up. Robinson. —Inhabiting mountains; rustical; 
rude.—Some are more domestical and tame; and others 
again, are altogether wild, uplandish, and agrestial. Swan. 
To UPLA'Y, v. a. To hoard; to lay up. 
We are but farmers of ourselves; yet may, 
If we can stock ourselves and thrive, up lay 
Much, much good treasure for the great rent-day. Donne. 
To UPLE'AD, v. a. To lead upward. 
Upled by thee 
Into the heaven of heavens I have presum’d. 
An earthly guest. Milton. 
UPLEADON, a hamlet of England, in Gloucestershire, on 
the river Ledon ; 3 miles east-by-north of Newent.—2d. A 
hamlet of Herefordshire; 4 miles from Ledbury. 
UPLEATHAM, a township of England, North Riding of 
Yorkshire; 2f miles north-by-east of Guisborough. 
To UPLI'FT, v. a. To raise aloft. 
The banish’d Bolingbroke repeals himself, 
And, with uplifted arms is safe arriv’d 
At Ravenspurg. Shahspeare. 
UPLIME, a parish of England, in Devonshire; 4 miles 
south-south-east of Axminster. Population 629. 
To UPLO'CK, ». a. To lock up. 
So am I as the rich,- whose blessed key 
Can bring him to his sweet uploched treasure. Shahspeare. 
UPLOWMAN, a parish of England, in Devonshire; 5 
miles east-north-east of Tiverton. Population 377. 
UPMINSTER, a parish of England, in Essex, so called 
from its lofty situation, its name signifying a church on the 
hill; I 5 mile east-south-east of Horn Church. 
U'PMOST, adj. [an irregular superlative formed from 
up.] Highest; topmost. 
Away! ye skum. 
That still rise upmost when the nation boils; 
That have but just enough of sense to know 
The master’s voice, when rated to depart. Dry (hen. 
UPNOR CASTLE, in England, is situated west of the 
river Medway, near Fendsbury, and almost opposite Chat¬ 
ham Dock, and was built by queen Elizabeth for the defence 
of the Medway, which is the usual rendezvous of the royal 
navy. Its platform carries 37 guns, that command two 
reaches of the river, and defend all the ships that ride between 
them and Rochester. 
UPON, prep. [The Sax. upa, upon, signifies above, and 
M. Goth, ufar, higher.] Not under; noting being on the 
top. 
As I did stand my watch upon the hill, 
I look’d toward Birnam, and anon methought 
The wood began to move. Shahspeare. 
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