Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for UP'LAND
UP'LAND, n. [up and land.]
High land; ground elevated above the meadows and intervals which lie on the banks rivers, near the sea, or between hills; land which is generally dry. It is opposed to meadow, marsh, swamp, interval, &c. Uplands are particularly valuable as affording pasture for sheep.
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