English Dictionary: uproariously | 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}. | |
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}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Uprear \Up*rear"\, v. t. To raise; to erect. --Byron. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Uproar \Up*roar"\, v. t. To throw into uproar or confusion. [Obs.] [bd]Uproar the universal peace.[b8] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Uproar \Up*roar"\, v. i. To make an uproar. [R.] --Carlyle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Uproar \Up"roar\, n. [D. oproer; akin to G. aufruhr, Dan. opr[94]r, Sw. uppror; D. op up + roeren to stir; akin to AS. hr[?]ran to stir, hr[?]r stirring, active, G. r[81]hren to stir, OHG. ruoren, Icel. hr[91]ra, Dan. r[94]re, Sw. r[94]ra. Cf. {Rearmouse}.] Note: [In verse, sometimes accented on the second syllable.] Great tumult; violent disturbance and noise; noisy confusion; bustle and clamor. But the Jews which believed not, . . . set all the city on an uproar. --Acts xvii. 5. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Uproarious \Up*roar"i*ous\, a. Making, or accompanied by, uproar, or noise and tumult; as, uproarious merriment. -- {Up*roar"i*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Up*roar"i*ous*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Uproarious \Up*roar"i*ous\, a. Making, or accompanied by, uproar, or noise and tumult; as, uproarious merriment. -- {Up*roar"i*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Up*roar"i*ous*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Uproarious \Up*roar"i*ous\, a. Making, or accompanied by, uproar, or noise and tumult; as, uproarious merriment. -- {Up*roar"i*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Up*roar"i*ous*ness}, n. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Upper Arlington, OH (city, FIPS 79002) Location: 40.02655 N, 83.07051 W Population (1990): 34128 (14376 housing units) Area: 24.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43221 |