Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: UP-ROUS'ING – U-RAN-GLIM'MER
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UP-ROUS'ING, ppr.
Rousing from sleep.
UP-SET', v.t. [up and set.]
To overturn; to overthrow; to overset; as a carriage.
UP'SHOT, n. [up and shot.]
Final issue; conclusion; end; as, the upshot of the matter. Here is the upshot and result of all. Burnet.
UPSIDE-DOWN, adv. [Upside down.]
The upper part undermost. As a phrase, this denotes in confusion; in complete disorder. South.
UP-SNATCH'ING, a.
Snatching up; seizing. Atherstone.
UP'SPRING, n. [up and spring.]
An upstart. [Not in use.] Shak.
UP-SPRING', v.i.
To spring up. [Not in use.] Sackville.
UP-STAND', v.i.
To be erected. [Not used.] May.
UP'START, a.
Suddenly raised. Shak.
UP'START, n.
- One that suddenly rises from low life to wealth, power or honor. Spenser.
- Something that springs up suddenly. Milton. Bacon.
UP-START', v.i. [up and start.]
To start or spring up suddenly. Dryden.
UP-STAY', v.t. [up and stay.]
To sustain; to support. Milton.
UP-STAY'ING, ppr.
Supporting.
UP-SWARM', v.t. [See Swarm.]
To raise in a swarm. [Not in use.] Shak.
UP-TAKE', v.t. [up and take.]
To take into the hand. [Not in use.] Spenser.
UP-TEAR', v.t. [up and tear.]
To tear up. Milton.
UP-TRAIN', v.t. [up and train.]
To train up; to educate. [Not in use.] Spenser.
UP-TURN, v.t. [up and turn.]
To turn up; to throw up; as, to upturn the ground in plowing. Milton. Pope.
UP'WARD, a. [up and ward, Sax. weard, L. versus.]
Directed to a higher place; as, with upward eye; with upward speed. Dryden. Prior.
UP'WARD, adv.
- Toward a higher place; opposed to downward. Upward I lift my eye. Watts.
- Toward heaven and God. Looking inward, we are struck dumb; looking upward, we speak and prevail. Hooker.
- With respect to the higher part. Upward man, Downward fish. Milton.
- More than, indefinitely. Upward of ten years have elapsed; upward of a hundred men were present.
- Toward the source. Trace the stream upward. And trace the muses upward to their spring. Pope.
UP'WARD, n.
The top. [Not in use.] Shak.
UP-WHIRL', v.i. [upwhurl'. up and whirl.]
To rise upward in a whirl; to whirl upward. Milton.
UP-WHIRL', v.t.
To raise upward in a whirling direction.
UP-WIND', v.t. [up and wind.]
To wind up. Spenser.
U-RAN-GLIM'MER, n.
An ore of uranium; uran-mica; chalcolite.