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Not within; being on the outside.—Blood that is upon 
the altar. Ex. —Thrown over the body, as clothes.—I have 
seen her rise from her bed, throw her night-gown upon her. 
Shakspeare. —By way of imprecation or infliction. 
Hard-hearted Clifford, take me from the world; 
My soul to heaven, my blood upon your heads. Shakspeare. 
It expresses obtestation, or protestation. 
How ? that I should murder her ? 
Upon the love and truth, and vows, which I 
Have made to thy command! — I, her! — her blood ! 
Shakspeare. 
It is used to express any hardship or mischief.—If we 
would neither impose upon ourselves, nor others, we must 
lay aside that fallacious method of censuring by the lump. 
Burnet. —-In consequence of. Now little in use. —Let me 
not find you before me again upon any complaint whatsoever. 
Shakspeare.- —In immediate consequence of.—This advan¬ 
tage we lost upon the invention of fire-arms. Addison. —In 
a state of view. 
Is it upon record ? or else reported 
Successively, from age to age ? Shakspeare. 
Supposing a thing granted.—If you say necessity is the 
mother of arts and inventions, and there was no necessity 
before, and therefore these things were slowly invented, this 
is a good answer upon our supposition. Burnet. —Relating 
to a subject. 
Ambitious Constance would not cease, 
’Till she had kindled France, and all the world. 
Upon the right and party of her son. Shakspeare. 
With respect to.—The king’s servants, who were sent for, 
were examined upon all questions proposed to them. Dry- 
den. —In consideration of.— Upon the whole matter, and 
humanly speaking, 1 doubt there was a fault somewhere. 
Dryden. —In noting a particular day.—Constantia he looked 
upon as given away to his rival, upon the day on which 
their marriage was to be solemnized. Addison. —Noting 
reliance or trust. 
We now may boldly spend upon the hope 
Of what is to come in. Shakspeare. 
Near to; noting situation.—The Lucquese plead prescrip¬ 
tion for hunting in one of the duke’s forests, that lies upon 
their frontiers. Addison. —In the state of.—They were en¬ 
tertained with the greatest magnificence that could be, upon 
no greater warning. Bacon. —On occasion of.—The earl of 
Cleveland, a man of signal courage, and an excellent officer 
upon any bold enterprise, advanced. Clarendon. —Noting 
assumption: as, he takes state upon him'; he took an olfice 
upon him.—Since he acts as his servant, he takes his judicial 
determination upon himself, as if it were his own. Kettle- 
well. —Noting the time when an event came to pass. It is 
seldom applied to any denomination of time longer than a 
day.—In one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the 
twelfth month. Esth. —Noting security. — We have bor¬ 
rowed money for the king’s tribute, and that upon our lands 
and upon our vineyards. Nehem. —Noting attack.—-The 
Philistines be upon thee, Samson. Judges. —On pain of.— 
To such a ridiculous degree of trusting her she had brought 
him, that she caused him send us word, that upon our lives 
we should do whatsoever she commanded us. Sidney. —At 
the time of; on occasion of.—Impartially examine the merits 
and conduct of the presbyterians upon these two great events, 
and the pretensions to favour which they challenge upon 
them. Swift. —By inference from.—Without it, all dis¬ 
courses of government and obedience, upon his principles, 
would be to no purpose. Locke. —Noting attention.—He 
presently lost the sight of what he was upon ; his mind was 
filled with disorder and confusion. Locke. —-Noting par¬ 
ticular pace.— Provide ourselves of the virtuoso's saddle, 
which will be sure to amble, when the world is upon the 
hardest trot. Dryden. —Exactly; according to ; full. 
In goodly form comes on the enemy; 
And by the ground they hide, I judge the number 
Upon or near the rate of thirty thousand. Shakspeare. 
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By; noting the means of support.—Upon a closer inspec¬ 
tion of these bodies, the shells are affixed to the surfaces of 
them in such a manner, as bodies, lying on the sea-shores, 
upon which they live. Woodward .— Upon is, in many of its 
significations, now contracted into on, especially in poetry. 
See On.—T he meaning of this particle is very multifarious; 
for it is applied both to place, which seems its original sig¬ 
nification ; to time; which seems its secondary meaning; 
and to intellectual or corporeal operations. It always retains 
an intimation, more or less obscure, of some substratum , 
something precedent, or some subject. It is not easy to 
reduce it to any general idea. 
UP-OTTERY, a parish of England, in Devonshire; 5 
miles north-north-east of Honiton. Population 820. 
U'PPER, adj. [a comparative from tipi] Superior in 
place; higher. 
With speed to-night repair; 
For not the gods, nor angry Jove will bear 
Thy lawless wandering walks in upper air. Dryden 
Higher in power or dignity.-—The like corrupt and unrea¬ 
sonable custom prevailed far, and got the upper- hand of 
right reason with the greatest part. Hooker. 
UPPER, a township of the United States, in Scioto county, 
Ohio. Population 496. 
UPPER LAKE, a lake of Ireland, in the county of Kerry, 
four miles from Lough Lane, with which it communicates by 
a river, which runs between Tore mountain and Gleenaa 
mountain. 
UPPER SAVAGE ISLANDS, islands in Hudson’s bay. 
Lat. 62. 32. N. long. 70. 48. W. 
UPPER THREE RUNS, a post village of the United 
States, in Barnwell district. South Carolina. 
UPPERBY, or Uprightby, a hamlet of England, in 
Cumberland ; H mile south of Carlisle. 
UPPERMOST, adj. Highest in place.—In all things 
follow nature, not painting clouds in the bottom of your 
piece, and waters in the uppermost parts. Dryden. — 
Highest in power or authority.—The lower powers are gotten 
uppermost, and we see like men on our heads, as Plato ob¬ 
served of old, that on the right hand, which is indeed on 
our left. Glanville. —’Tis all one to the common people 
who’s uppermost. L'Estrange. —Predominant; most pow¬ 
erful. 
As in perfumes compos’d with art and cost, 
’Tis hard to say what scent is upper?nost; 
Nor this part musk or civet can we call, 
Or amber, but a rich result of all; 
So she was all a sweet. Dryden. 
UPPERSWELL, a small village of England, in Glouces¬ 
tershire, near Stow-on-the-Wold. 
UPPERVILLE, a post village of the United States, in 
Loudon county, Virginia. 
UPPINGHAM, a market town of England, in the county 
of Rutland. It stands upon an eminence, from whence it is 
supposed to have derived its name, and is a neat and well 
built little town consisting chiefly of one street. By a statute 
of Henry VII, the standard for weights and measures is kept 
here. Market on Wednesday for cattle and corn, which is 
well frequented; with two annual fairs in March and July, 
for horses, cattle, and coarse linen cloth ; 6 miles south of 
Oakham, and 19 north-by-west of London. On the left a 
road strikes off to Leicester, and on the right to Stamford. 
Population 1484. 
UPPINGTON, a parish of England, in Salop; 3| miles 
west-south-west of Wellington. 
U'PPISH, adj. Proud ; arrogant. A low word. 
To UPRA'ISE, v. a. To raise up ; to exalt. 
This would interrupt his joy 
In our confusion and our joy upraise 
In his disturbance. Milton. 
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To UPRE'AR, v. a. To rear on high. 
Heav’n-born charity ! thy blessings shed ; 
Bid meagre want uprear her sickly head. Gay. 
UPRI'GHT, 
