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To hang up. Spenser.

To hasp or faster up; to close; as, sleep uphasps the eyes. [R.] Stanyhurst.

Piled up; accumulated. God, which shall repay all with upheaped measure. Udall.

The act of upheaving, or the state of being upheaved; esp., an elevation of a portion of the earth's crust. Lubbock.

To heave or lift up from beneath; to raise. Milton.

imp. & p. p. of Uphold.

A fir pole of from four to seven inches diameter, and twenty to forty feet long, sometimes roughly hewn, used for scaffoldings, and sometimes for slight and common roofs, for which use it is split. [Spelt also ufer.] [Eng.] Gwilt.

Upwards on, or as on, a hillside; as, to walk uphill.

To thrust in up to the hilt; as, to uphilt one's sword into an enemy. [R.] Stanyhurst.

To hoard up. [Obs.] Shak.

To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate. The mournful train with groans, and hands upheld. Besought his pity. Dryden.

An undertaker, or provider for funerals. [Obs.] The upholder, rueful harbinger of death. Gay.

coverings, cushions, etc.; to adorn with furnishings in cloth, velvet, silk, etc.; as, to upholster a couch; to upholster a room with curtains.

One who provides hangings, coverings, cushions, curtains, and the like; one who upholsters. Upholsterer bee. (Zoöl.) See Poppy bee, under Poppy.

The articles or goods supplied by upholsterers; the business or work of an upholsterer.

Same as Euphroe.

The act of keeping up, or maintaining; maintenance. "Horse artillery . . . expensive in the upkeep." Scribner's Mag.

Of or pertaining to uplands; being on upland; high in situation; as, upland inhabitants; upland pasturage. Sometimes, with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite. Milton.

One dwelling in the upland; hence, a countryman; a rustic. [Obs.]

Of or pertaining to uplands; dwelling on high lands. [Obs.] Chapman.