English Dictionary: Upper Avon River | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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 (Thucyd.). {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} (Zo[94]l.), 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}. | |
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Upprop \Up*prop"\, v. t. To prop up. --Donne. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Upper Black Eddy, PA Zip code(s): 18972 | |
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Upper Brookville, NY (village, FIPS 76331) Location: 40.84413 N, 73.56493 W Population (1990): 1453 (490 housing units) Area: 11.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Upper Falls, MD Zip code(s): 21156 | |
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Upper Providence Township, PA (CDP, FIPS 79260) Location: 39.93765 N, 75.39649 W Population (1990): 9727 (3861 housing units) Area: 14.5 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Upperville, VA Zip code(s): 22176 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
upper bound An upper bound of two elements x and y under some {relation} <= is an element z such that x <= z and y <= z. ("<=" is written in {LaTeX} as {\sqsubseteq}). See also {least upper bound}. (1995-02-15) |