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U'PRIGHT, adj. [Saxon, upnihte.] This word, with 
its derivatives, is in prose accented on the first syllable ; but 
in poetry seems to be acccented indifferently on the first or 
second. Straight up ; perpendicularly erect.—Comb down 
his hair; look! look! it stands upright. Shahspeare .— 
Erected; pricked up. 
Stood Theodore surpris’d in deadly fright. 
With chatt’ring teeth, and bristling hair upright. Dryden. 
Honest; not declining from the right. 
Such neighbour nearness should not partialize 
Th’ unstooping firmness of my upright soul. Sha/cspcare. 
U'PRIGHT, s. Elevation ; orthography.—You have 
the orthography, or upright of this ground-plat, and the ex¬ 
planation thereof, with a scale of feet and inches. Moron. 
UPRIGHT BAY, a bay near the western extremity of the 
straits of Magellan. Lat. 53. 8. S. long. 75. 35. W. 
UPRIGHT CAPE, a cape in the straits of Magellan, on 
the shore of Terra del Fuego. Lat. 53. 6. S. long. 75. 32. W. 
—2. A cape on the east end of Gore island, in the North 
Pacific ocean. Lat. 60. 30. N. long. 172. 13. W. 
UPRIGHT, Point, a cape on the east coast of New Hoi- 
laud. Lat. 35. 38. N. long. 209. 43. W. 
U'PRIGHTLY, adv. Perpendicularly to the horizon.— 
Honestly; without deviation from Ihe right. 
To live uprightly then is sure the best. 
To save ourselves, and not to damn the rest. Dryden. 
U'PRIGHTNESS, s. Perpendicular erection. This was 
anciently accented on the second. 
So the fair tree, which still preserves 
Her fruit and state, while no wind blows. 
In storms from that uprightness swerves. 
And the glad earth about her strows 
With treasure from her yielding boughs. Waller. 
Honesty ; integrity.—The hypocrite bends his principles 
and practice to the fashion of a corrupt world ; but the truly 
upright man is inflexible in his uprightness , and unalterable 
in his purpose. Atterhury. 
To UPRI'SE; v. n. To rise from decumbiture. 
Uprose the virgin with the morning light, 
Obedient to the vision of the night. Pope. 
To rise from below the horizon.— Uprose the sun. Cow¬ 
ley. —To rise with acclivity. 
Was that the king that spurr’d his horse so hard 
Against the steep uprising of the hill ? Shahspeare. 
UPRI'SE, s. Appearance above the horizon. 
Did ever raven sing so like a lark. 
That gives sweet tidings of the sun’s uprise. Shahspeare. 
Act of rising from decumbency. 
Instead of rnusick and base flattering tongues. 
Which wait to first salute my lord’s uprise. 
The cheerful lark wakes him with early songs. P. Fletcher. 
UPRI'SING, s. Act of rising from below the horizon.— 
He gives those rebels battle at the sun’s first tiprising. Sir 
T. Tlerhert. —Act of rising from decumbency.—Thou 
knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising. Ps. 
U'PROAR, s. [oproer, Dutch. This word likewise is 
accented on the first syllable in prose ; in verse, indifferently 
on either.] Tumult; bustle; disturbance; confusion. 
Others with vast T-yphcean rage more fell. 
Rend up both rocks and hills, and ride the air 
In whirlwind : hell scarce holds the wild uproar. Milton. 
■ To U'PROAR, v. a. To throw into confusion. Not 
in use. 
Had I power, I should 
Pour the sweet milk of concord into hell, 
Uproar the universal peace, confound 
All unity on earth. Shahspeare. 
To UPRO’LL, v. a. To roll up. 
Thither they [the waters] 
Hasted with glad precipitance, uproll'd 
As drops on dust conglobing from the dry. Milton. 
To UPRO'OT, v. a. To tear up by the root. 
Orpheus could lead the savage race, 
And trees uprooted left their place. 
Sequacious of the lyre; 
But bright Cecilia rais’d the wonder higher. 
When to her organ vocal breath was giv’n. 
An angel heard, and straight appear’d. 
Mistaking earth for heaven. Dryden. 
To UPRO'USE, v. a. To waken from sleep; to excite 
to action.—Thou art uprous'd by some distemperature. 
Shahspeare. 
UPSAL, an ancient town of Sweden, in a district of the 
same name, province of Upland. The coronation of the 
kings of Sweden is still performed here; 35 miles north of 
Stockholm. Lat. 59. 51. 50. long. 17. 39. 0. E. 
UPSALA, Gamla or Old, in Sweden, formerly the chief 
town of the province of Upland, now an inconsiderable 
place, containing only a church and a few cottages; 3 miles 
north of Upsal. 
UPSALL, a hamlet of England, North Riding of York¬ 
shire ; 4 miles west of Guisborough. 
UPSALL CASTLE, a hamlet of England, North Riding 
of Yorkshire, 4 miles north-north-east of Thisk. 
To UPSE'T, v. a. To overturn ; to overthrow. A low 
word. 
UPSHIRE, a hamlet of England, in Essex, near Waltham 
Abbey. Population 547. 
U'PSHOT, s. Conclusion ; end; last amount; final 
event. 
In this upshot, purposes mistook 
Fall on th’ inventors’ heads. Shahspeare. 
U'PSIDE down, [an adverbial form of speech ; formerly 
up-so-down, or upsodown. “ It maketh a londe turne up 
so downe." Gower, Conf. Am. B. 7. “ A mannes conscy- 
ence sterelh up so downe the memory.” Bp. Fisher, Ps.] 
With the lower part above the higher.—In the day-time 
they fish in their boats, which they draw unto the land at 
night; and, turning them upside down, sleep under them. 
Heylin. —In confusion; in complete disorder. 
In his lap a mass of coin he told, 
And turned upside down to feed his eye. 
And covetous desire, with his huge treasure. Spenser. 
UPSLAND, a hamlet of Eugland, in the parish of Kirk- 
lington. North Riding of Yorkshire. 
To UPSPRI'NG, v. n. To spring up. 
The flames upspring, and cruelly they creep 
From wall to roof. Sachville. 
These in flocks 
Pasturing at once, and in broad herds upspring. Milton. 
U'PSPRING, s. This word seems to signify upstart; a 
man suddenly exalted. Not used. 
The king doth wake to-night, and takes his rouse; 
Keeps wassel, and the swagg’ring upspring reels. 
Shahspeare. 
To UPSTA'ND, v. n. To be erected. 
Sea calves unwonted to fresh rivers fly; 
The water snakes with scales upstanding die. May. 
To UPSTA'RT, v. n. To spring up suddenly. 
Thus having spoke, he sat; thus answer’d then. 
Upstarting from his throne, the king of men, 
His breast with fury fill’d. Dryden. 
U'PSTART, s. One suddenly raised to wealth, power, 
or honour; what suddenly rises and appears.—Trade, be 
said, carried from us the commodities of our country, and 
made a parcel of upstarts, as rich as men of the most antient 
families. Addison. 
U'PSTART, adj, Suddenly raised. 
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