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To stare or stand upward; hence, to be uplifted or conspicuous.
To start or spring up suddenly.
One who has risen suddenly, as from low life to wealth, power, or honor; a parvenu.
The meadow saffron.
Suddenly raised to prominence or consequence.
To sustain; to support.
imp. & p. p. of Upstart.
Insurrection; commotion; disturbance.
Toward the higher part of a stream; against the current.
Toward the higher part of a street; as, to walk upstreet.
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.
The time during which the sun is up, or above the horizon; the time between sunrise and sunset.
To rise, or cause to rise, in a swarm or swarms.
To sway or swing aloft; as, to upsway a club.
To swell or rise up.
Upside down; topsy-turvy.
An old game at cards.
Revelers; roysterers.
Revelry; confusion; frolic.
To take into the hand; to take up; to help.