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The clearstory, or upper story, of a building.

to a pipe that it produces an overtone, or a note higher than the natural note; thus, the upper octaves of a flute are produced by overblowing.

Uppermost; outermost. Full threadbare was his overeste courtepy. Chaucer.

The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery. He had gotten thereby a great overhand on me. Sir T. More.

Specifically: The projection of an upper part (as a roof, an upper story, or other part) of a building beyond the lower part; as, the overhang of a roof, of the eaves, etc.

of geological beds above and beyond others, as in a conformable series of beds, when the upper beds extend over a wider space than the lower, either in one or in all directions.

Upper leather. Shak.

The upper lip. [Obs.] Chaucer.

An upper skirt, shorter than the dress, and usually draped.

bent into the shape of the letter U, and embracing an ox's neck as a kind of collar, the upper ends passing through the bar of the yoke; also, anything so shaped, as a bend in a river.

A kind of moccasin, having the edges of the sole turned up and sewed to the upper. Knight.

vessel. -- Paddle board. See Paddle, n., 3. -- Paddle box, the structure inclosing the upper part of the paddle wheel of a steam vessel. -- Paddle shaft, the revolving shaft which carries the paddle wheel of a steam vessel. -- Paddle staff. (a) A staff tipped with a broad blade, used by mole catchers. [Prov. Eng.]…

ear in the dressing room and during sleep; also, a suit consisting of drawers and a loose upper garment for such wear.

t.), vertically elongated parenchyma cells, such as are seen beneath the epidermis of the upper surface of many leaves. -- Palisade worm (Zoöl.), a nematoid worm (Strongylus armatus), parasitic in the blood vessels of the horse, in which it produces aneurisms, often fatal.

ary, 1861, had a white palmetto in the center of a blue field and a white crescent in the upper left-hand corner.

The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the upper part of the head; the brainpan; the cranium. Chaucer.

etion, called the pancreatic juice, is discharged, often together with the bile, into the upper part of the intestines, and is a powerful aid in digestion. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus.

everything; -- a term applied to eyeglasses or spectacles divided into two segments, the upper being designed for distant vision, the lower for vision of near objects.

Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the parietal bones, which form the upper and middle part of the cranium, between the frontals and occipitals.

a small auk (Cyclorrhynchus psittaculus) inhabiting the coast and islands of Alaska. The upper parts are dark slate, under parts white, bill orange red. Called also perroquet auk.