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Righteous; upright; just; good; -- said of persons. [Obs.] Chaucer.

According to justice; according to the divine will or moral rectitude; uprightly; as, duty rightly performed.

Firm; stiff; unyielding; not pliant; not flexible. Upright beams innumerable Of rigid spears. Milton.

A game in which the object is to toss a ring so that it will catch upon an upright stick.

To become erect; to assume an upright position; as, to rise from a chair or from a fall.

The upright piece of a step, from tread to tread. Hence:

To cut off, as a horse's mane, so that the part left shall stand upright.

Upright; erect; -- said of the letters or kind of type ordinarily used, as distinguished from Italic characters.

A kind of script in which the heavy strokes are nearly upright, giving the characters when taken together a round look.

terials and construction necessary to carry and maintain the same upon the walls or other uprights. In the case of a building with vaulted ceilings protected by an outer roof, some writers call the vault the roof, and the outer protection the roof mask. It is better, however, to consider the vault as the ceiling only,…

count. -- Round hand, a style of penmanship in which the letters are formed in nearly an upright position, and each separately distinct; -- distinguished from running hand. -- Round robin. Etym: [Perhaps F. round round + ruban ribbon.] (a) A written petition, memorial, remonstrance, protest, etc., the signatures to w…

is a broad and flat blade made of wood or iron, with a long shank, and is fastened in an upright position, usually by one edge, to the sternpost of the vessel in such a way that it can be turned from side to side in the water by means of a tiller, wheel, or other attachment.

Legs able to maintain their possessor upright in stormy weather at sea, that is, ability stand or walk steadily on deck when a vessel is rolling or pitching in a rough sea. [Sailor's Cant] Totten.

aith rather upon Amida than Gautama Buddha. Rites and ceremonies are held useless without uprightness.

p, to rise from, or refrain from, a recumbent posture or from sleep; to sit with the body upright; as, to sit up late at night; also, to watch; as, to sit up with a sick person. "He that was dead sat up, and began to speak." Luke vii. 15.

Any single insulated and prominent structure, or upright pipe, which affords a conduit for smoke; as, the brick smokestack of a factory; the smokestack of a steam vessel. (Computer programming)

A stick inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, a flat car, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off.

One of the two upright pieces of a ladder. [Obs.] To climd by the rungs and the stalks. Chaucer.

Any upright post or beam used as a support, as for the deck, the quarter rails, awnings, etc.

To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position; as: