Emily Dickinson Lexicon

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.]

1. To raise aloft; to lift; to elevate. Milton.
2. To sustain aloft; to support in an elevated situation. Upborne they fly. Pope.
3. 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.]

1. 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.]
2. To reproach; to chide. God who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not. James i.
3. To reprove with severity. Thcn he began to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done. Matth. xi.
4. To bring reproach on. Addison. How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness! Sidney.
5. 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.

1. A charging with something wrong or disgraceful; the act of reproaching or reproving. I have too long borne Your blunt upbraidings. Shak.
2. 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.

1. Cast up; a term in bowling.
2. 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.