English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
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Upset
(a.)
Set up; fixed; determined; -- used chiefly or only in the
phrase upset price; that is, the price fixed upon as the minimum for
property offered in a public sale, or, in an auction, the price at
which property is set up or started by the auctioneer, and the lowest
price at which it will be sold.
Upset
(n.)
The act of upsetting, or the state of being upset; an
overturn; as, the wagon had an upset.
Upsetting
(a.)
Conceited; assuming; as, an upsetting fellow.
Upshoot
(v. i.)
To shoot upward.
Upshot
(n.)
Final issue; conclusion; the sum and substance; the end;
the result; the consummation.
Upside
(n.)
The upper side; the part that is uppermost.
Upsidown
(adv.)
See Upsodown.
Upsitting
(n.)
A sitting up of a woman after her confinement, to
receive and entertain her friends.
Upskip
(n.)
An upstart.
Upsnatch
(v. t.)
To snatch up.
Upsoar
(v. i.)
To soar or mount up.
Upsodown
(adv.)
Upside down.
Upspear
(v. i.)
To grow or shoot up like a spear; as, upspearing grass.
Upspring
(v. i.)
To spring up.
Upspring
(n.)
An upstart.
Upspring
(n.)
A spring or leap into the air.
Upspurner
(n.)
A spurner or contemner; a despiser; a scoffer.
Upstairs
(adv.)
Up the stairs; in or toward an upper story.
Upstairs
(a.)
Being above stairs; as, an upstairs room.
Upstand
(v. i.)
To stand up; to be erected; to rise.