Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: U'PAS – UP-HEAVE'
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U'PAS, n.
A tree or plant common in the forests of Java and of the neighboring isles, the secretions of which are poisonous.
UP-BEAR', v.t. [pret. upbore; pp. upborne. up and bear. See Bear.]
- To raise aloft; to lift; to elevate. Milton.
- To sustain aloft; to support in an elevated situation. Upborne they fly. Pope.
- To support; to sustain. Spenser.
UP-BIND', v.t.
To bind up.
UP-BLOW', v.t.
To blow up. [Not used.] Spenser.
UP-BRAID', v.t. [Sax. upgebredan, to reproach; gebrædan, to roast, to dilate or extend, to draw, as a sword; bredan, to braid; Dan. bebrejder, to upbraid.]
- To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach; to cast in the teeth; followed by with or for, before the thing imputed; as, to upbraid a man for his folly or his intemperance. Yet do not Upbraid us with our distress. Shak. He upbraided them with their unbelief. Matth. xvi. [The use of to and of, after upbraid, – as, to upbraid a man of his gain by iniquity, to upbraid to a man his evil practices, – has been long discontinued.]
- To reproach; to chide. God who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not. James i.
- To reprove with severity. Thcn he began to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done. Matth. xi.
- To bring reproach on. Addison. How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness! Sidney.
- To treat with contempt. [Obs.] Spenser.
UP-BRAID'ED, pp.
Charged with something wrong or disgraceful; reproached; reproved.
UP-BRAID'ER, n.
One who upbraids or reproves.
UP-BRAID'ING, n.
- A charging with something wrong or disgraceful; the act of reproaching or reproving. I have too long borne Your blunt upbraidings. Shak.
- The reproaches or accusations of conscience.
UP-BRAID'ING, ppr.
Accusing; casting in the teeth; reproaching; reproving.
UP-BRAID'ING-LY, adv.
In an upbraiding manner.
UP-BRAY', v. [for Upbraid, to shame, is not in use. Spenser.]
UP-BROUGHT, a. [upbraut'.]
Brought up; educated. [Not in use.] Spenser.
UP'CAST, a.
- Cast up; a term in bowling.
- Thrown upward; as, with upcast eyes. Dryden.
UP'CAST, n.
In bowling, a cast; a throw.
UP-COIL'ED, a.
Made into a coil. Wordsworth.
UP-COIL'ING, a.
Winding into a coil. Southey.
UP-DRAW', v.t.
To draw up. [Not in use.] Milton.
UP-DRAWN', pp.
Drawn up.
UP-FILL'ING, a.
Filling up.
UP-FLUNG', a.
Thrown up.
UP-GATH'ER, v.t.
To contract. [Not in use.] Spenser.
UP-GROW', v.i.
To grow up. [Not in use.] Milton.
UP'HAND, a.
Lifted by the hand. Moxon.
UP-HEAV'AL, n.
A heaving or lifting up.
UP-HEAVE', v.t.
To heave or lift up.