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10,501 words match “UP”

UPSTERTE n.
imp. & p. p. of Upstart.
UPSTIR n.
Insurrection; commotion; disturbance. [Obs.] Sir J. Cheke.
UPSTREAM adv.
Toward the higher part of a stream; against the current.
UPSTREET adv.
Toward the higher part of a street; as, to walk upstreet. G. W. Gable.
UPSTROKE n.
An upward stroke, especially the stroke, or line, made by a writing instrument when moving upward, or from the body of the writer, or a line corresponding to the part of a letter thus made. Some upstroke of an Alpha and Omega. Mrs. Browning.
UPSUN n.
The time during which the sun is up, or above the horizon; the time between sunrise and sunset.
UPSWARM v.
To rise, or cause to rise, in a swarm or swarms. [R.] Shak. Cowper.
UPSWAY v.
To sway or swing aloft; as, to upsway a club. [R.] Sir W. Scott.
UPSWELL v.
To swell or rise up.
UPSYTURVY adv.
Upside down; topsy-turvy. [Obs.] Robert Greene.
UPTAILS ALL n. 3 definitions
An old game at cards. [Obs.]
UPTAKE v. 3 definitions
To take into the hand; to take up; to help. [Obs.] Wyclif. Spenser.
UPTEAR v.
To tear up. Milton.
UPTHROW v. 2 definitions
To throw up. Drayton.
UPTHUNDER v.
To send up a noise like thunder. [R.] Coleridge.
UPTIE v.
To tie up. Spenser.
UPTILL prep.
To; against. [Obs. & R.] She, poor bird, as all forlorn, Leaned her breast uptill a thorn. Shak.
UPTOWN adv. 2 definitions
To or in the upper part of a town; as, to go uptown. [Colloq. U. S.]
UPTRACE v.
To trace up or out.
UPTRAIN v.
To train up; to educate. [Obs.] "Daughters which were well uptrained." Spenser.
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