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_Barbour._
UPGASTANG, _s._ A species of loom anciently used in Orkney.
_Stat. Acc._
UPHALD, _s._ Support, S. _uphadd_.
_G. Buchanan._
Isl. _uph.e.l.lde_, sustentatio, victualia.
_To_ ~Uphald~, ~Uphadd~, _v. a._ To warrant; as, _to uphadd a horse sound_, to warrant him free of defect, S.
_To_ UP-He, UPHIE, _v. a._ To lift up, to exalt; pret. _upheit_.
_Dunbar._
Dan. _ophoy-er_, Belg. _ophoog-en_, to exalt.
UPHEILD, _part. pa._ Carried upwards.
_Douglas._
A. S. _up_, and _hyld-an_, inclinare.
_To_ UPHEIS, _v. a._ To exalt, S.
V. ~Heis~.
_Douglas._
_To_ UPHEUE, _v. a._ To lift up.
_Doug._
A. S. _up-hef-an_, levare, Isl. _upphef-ia_, exaltare.
UPHYNT, _part. pa._ s.n.a.t.c.hed up.
V. ~Hint~.
_Douglas._
UPLANDS, UP OF LAND, UPON-LAND, UPPLANE, _adj._
1. One who lives in the country, as distinguished from the town.
_Burr. Lawes._
2. Rustic, unpolished.
_Dunbar._
A. S. _up-land_, highland; also, a midland country.
_To_ UPLOIP, _v. n._ To ascend with rapidity.
V. ~Loup~, _v._
_Montgomerie._
Teut. _oploop-en_, sursum currere.
UPPIL ABOON, clear over-head, S. B.
Sw. _uphaalls vaeder_, dry weather; from _uphaalla_, to bear up.
_To_ ~Uppil~, _v. n._ To clear up, S. B.
UPPISH, _adj._ Aspiring, ambitious, S.
Su. G. _ypp-a_, elevare; _yppig_, superbus.
UP-PUT, _s._ The power of secreting, so as to prevent discovery.
_Cleland._
_To_ UPRAX, _v. a._ To stretch upward, to erect.
V. ~Rax~.
_Douglas._
_To_ UPREND, _v. a._ To render or give up.
