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   Upper Avon
         n 1: a river in central England that flows through Stratford-on-
               Avon and empties into the Severn [syn: {Avon}, {River
               Avon}, {Upper Avon}, {Upper Avon River}]

English Dictionary: upriver by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Upper Avon River
n
  1. a river in central England that flows through Stratford-on- Avon and empties into the Severn
    Synonym(s): Avon, River Avon, Upper Avon, Upper Avon River
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
upper balcony
n
  1. rearmost or uppermost area in the balcony containing the least expensive seats
    Synonym(s): second balcony, family circle, upper balcony, peanut gallery
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
upper berth
n
  1. the higher of two berths
    Synonym(s): upper berth, upper
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
upper bound
n
  1. (mathematics) a number equal to or greater than any other number in a given set
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Upper Paleolithic
n
  1. the time period during which only modern Homo sapiens was known to have existed; ended about 10,000 years BC
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Upper Peninsula
n
  1. the peninsula between Lake Superior and Lake Michigan that forms the northwestern part of Michigan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Upper Volta
n
  1. a desperately poor landlocked country in western Africa; was formerly Upper Volta under French rule but gained independence in 1960
    Synonym(s): Burkina Faso, Upper Volta
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
upriver
adv
  1. toward the source or against the current [syn: upriver, upstream]
    Antonym(s): downriver, downstream
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]:
   Upprop \Up*prop"\, v. t.
      To prop up. --Donne.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Upper Black Eddy, PA
      Zip code(s): 18972

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   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)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Upper Falls, MD
      Zip code(s): 21156

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   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)
  
  
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