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d knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.

us anoplus, and A. guttatus. So called from the position of the eyes, which look directly upward.

To project upward, or make an angle with the horizon or with the line of a vessel's keel; -- said of the bowsprit, etc.

t above the ground in walking. It is sometimes lashed to the leg, and sometimes prolonged upward so as to be steadied by the hand or arm. Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked. Landor.

A stream or column of light shooting upward from the horizon, constituting one of the forms of the aurora borealis. Macaulay. While overhead the North's dumb streamers shoot. Lowell.

he circle; also, in the same direction as the movement of the hands of a watch lying face upward.

The act of turning the hand palm upward; also, position of the hand with the palm upward.

Lying on the back, or with the face upward; -- opposed to prone.

To climb or move upward by winding or turning. The tree was high; Yet nimbly up from bough to bough I swerved. Dryden.

The part of a note which runs perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the stem. Moore (Encyc. of Music).

High in stature; having a considerable, or an unusual, extension upward; long and comparatively slender; having the diameter or lateral extent small in proportion to the height; as, a tall person, tree, or mast. Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall. Milton.

A rib, or a curving piece of wood, branching outward from the keel and bending upward in a vertical direction. One timber is composed of several pieces united. Timber and room. (Shipbuilding) Same as Room and space. See under Room. -- Timber beetle (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of beetles the larvæ of which bor…

fly into the air. In the middle of a game at tipcat, he paused, and stood staring wildly upward with his stick in his hand. Macaulay.

To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball.

The act of throwing upward; a rising and falling suddenly; a rolling and tumbling.

curve which a body describes in space, as a planet or comet in its orbit, or stone thrown upward obliquely in the air.

sucking the sap. Many of them are very odd in shape, the prothorax being often prolonged upward or forward in the form of a spine or crest. -- Tree jobber (Zoöl.), a woodpecker. [Obs.] -- Tree kangaroo. (Zoöl.) See Kangaroo. -- Tree lark (Zoöl.), the tree pipit. [Prov. Eng.] -- Tree lizard (Zoöl.), any one of a grou…

eaweed (Ecklonia buccinalis) of the Southern Ocean. It has a long, hollow stem, enlarging upwards, which may be made into a kind of trumpet, and is used for many purposes. -- Speaking trumpet, an instrument for conveying articulate sounds with increased force. -- Trumpet animalcule (Zoöl.), any infusorian belonging t…

mp. (b) To bring from beneath to the surface, as in plowing, digging, etc. (c) To give an upward curve to; to tilt; as, to turn up the nose. -- To turn upon, to retort; to throw back; as, to turn the arguments of an opponent upon himself. -- To turn upside down, to confuse by putting things awry; to throw into disord…

Having a single rib or strong nerve running upward from the base; -- said of a leaf.