Chapter Upholster to Upspring of U by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

upon; that is, upon the present time. By the omission of its object, upon acquires an adverbial sense, as in the last two examples.

To assure upon (Law), to promise; to undertake. — To come upon. See under Come. — To take upon, to assume.

Uppent
(Up*pent`) a. A Pent up; confined. [Obs.]

Upper
(Up"per) a.; comp. of Up. Being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in place, position, rank, dignity, or the like; superior; as, the upper lip; the upper side of a thing; the upper house of a legislature.

The upper hand, the superiority; the advantage. See To have the upper hand, under Hand. Jowett — Upper Bench (Eng. Hist.), the name of the highest court of common law (formerly King's Bench) during the Commonwealth. — Upper case, the top one of a pair of compositor's cases. See the Note under 1st Case, n., 3. — Upper covert (Zoöl.), one of the coverts situated above the bases of the tail quills. — Upper deck (Naut.), the topmost deck of any vessel; the spar deck. — Upper leather, the leather for the vamps and quarters of shoes. — Upper strake (Naut.), the strake next to the deck, usually of hard wood, and heavier than the other strakes. — Upper ten thousand, or (abbreviated) Upper ten, the ten thousand, more or less, who are highest in position or wealth; the upper class; the aristocracy. [Colloq.] — Upper topsail (Naut.), the upper half of a double topsail. — Upper works (Naut.), all those parts of the hull of a vessel that are properly above water. — Upper world. (a) The atmosphere. (b) Heaven. (c) This world; the earth; — in distinction from the underworld.

Upper
(Up"per), n. The upper leather for a shoe; a vamp.

Uppermost
(Up"per*most`) a. [From Up, Upper; formed like aftermost. Cf. Upmost.] Highest in place, position, rank, power, or the like; upmost; supreme.

Whatever faction happens to be uppermost.

Swift.

Uppertendom
(Up`per*ten"dom) n. [Upper ten + -dom.] The highest class in society; the upper ten. See Upper ten, under Upper. [Colloq.]

Uppile
(Up*pile") v. t. To pile, or heap, up. Southey.

Uppish
(Up"pish) a. [From Up.] Proud; arrogant; assuming; putting on airs of superiority. [Colloq.] T. Brown. — Up"pish*ly, adv. [Colloq.] — Up"pish*ness, n. [Colloq.]

Upplight
(Up*plight") obs. imp. & p. p. of Uppluck.

Uppluck
(Up*pluck") v. t. To pull or pluck up. [Obs.]

Uppricked
(Up*pricked") a. Upraised; erect; — said of the ears of an animal. Mason.

Upprop
(Up*prop") v. t. To prop up. Donne.

Upraise
(Up*raise") v. t. To raise; to lift up.

Uprear
(Up*rear") v. t. To raise; to erect. Byron.

Upridged
(Up*ridged") a. Raised up in a ridge or ridges; as, a billow upridged. Cowper.

Upright
(Up"right`) a. [AS. upright, uppriht. See Up, and Right, a.]