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es from. [An eagle] purging and unscaling her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance. Milton.

imp. of Upheave. Chaucer.

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

hull of a vessel that are properly above water. -- Upper world. (a) The atmosphere. (b) Heaven. (c) This world; the earth; -- in distinction from the underworld.

To send, cast, or throw up. As when some island situate afar . . . Upsends a smoke to heaven. Cowper.

Of or pertaining to the heavens; celestial; astronomical. On I know not what telluric or uranic principles. Carlyle.

A description or plan of the heavens and the heavenly bodies; the construction of celestial maps, globes, etc.; uranology.

A discourse or treatise on the heavens and the heavenly bodies; the study of the heavens; uranography.

Observation of the heavens or heavenly bodies.

To inclose in, or as in, an urn; to inurn. When horror universal shall descend, And heaven's dark concave urn all human race. Young.

Floating about without any certain direction; driven to and fro. To heaven their prayers Flew up, nor missed the way, by envious winds Blown vagabond or frustrate. Milton.

colors depends upon the composition of light. Sir I. Newton. For earth this variety from heaven. Milton. There is a variety in the tempers of good men. Atterbury.

ty. "The watery vast." Pope. Michael bid sound The archangel trumpet. Through the vast of heaven It sounded. Milton.

The canopy of heaven; the sky. That heaven's vault should crack. Shak.

Arched; concave. [Obs.] "The vaulty heaven." Shak.

ment; to let out; to utter; to pour forth; as, to vent passion or complaint. The queen of heaven did thus her fury vent. Dryden.

rtigo; giddy; dizzy. They [the angels] grew vertiginous, and fell from the battlements of heaven. Jer. Taylor. -- Ver*tig"i*nous*ly, adv. -- Ver*tig"i*nous*ness, n.

Hence, devotional watching; waking for prayer, or other religious exercises. So they in heaven their odes and vigils tuned. Milton. Be sober and keep vigil, The Judge is at the gate. Neale (Rhythm of St. Bernard).

ert a right to; to claim. [R.] Is thine alone the seed that strews the plain The birds of heaven shall vindicate their grain. Pope.

ceptible; in view; as, a visible star; the least spot is visible on white paper. Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible. Bk. of Com. Prayer. Virtue made visible in outward grace. Young.