upbraid
         v 1: express criticism towards; "The president reproached the
               general for his irresponsible behavior" [syn: {reproach},
               {upbraid}]

English Dictionary: uprooter	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
upbraider n someone who finds fault or imputes blame [syn: upbraider, reprover, reproacher, rebuker]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
upbraiding n a severe scolding [syn: castigation, earful, {bawling out}, chewing out, upbraiding, going-over, dressing down]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
upper deck n a higher deck
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Upper Tunguska n a river in southeastern Siberia that flows northwest from Lake Baikal to become a tributary of the Yenisei River Synonym(s): Angara, Angara River, Tunguska, Upper Tunguska
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
uproot v move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people" Synonym(s): uproot, deracinate destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption" Synonym(s): uproot, eradicate, extirpate, root out, exterminate pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden" Synonym(s): uproot, extirpate, deracinate, root out
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
uprooter n a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to; "a destroyer of the environment"; "jealousy was his undoer"; "uprooters of gravestones" Synonym(s): destroyer, ruiner, undoer, waster, uprooter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
upward adv spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position; "look up!"; "the music surged up"; "the fragments flew upwards"; "prices soared upwards"; "upwardly mobile" Synonym(s): up, upwards, upward, upwardly Antonym(s): down, downward, downwardly, downwards to a later time; "they moved the meeting date up"; "from childhood upward" Synonym(s): up, upwards, upward adj directed up; "the cards were face upward"; "an upward stroke of the pen" extending or moving toward a higher place; "the up staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish" Synonym(s): up(a), upward(a)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
upwardly adv spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position; "look up!"; "the music surged up"; "the fragments flew upwards"; "prices soared upwards"; "upwardly mobile" Synonym(s): up, upwards, upward, upwardly Antonym(s): down, downward, downwardly, downwards
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
upwards adv spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position; "look up!"; "the music surged up"; "the fragments flew upwards"; "prices soared upwards"; "upwardly mobile" Synonym(s): up, upwards, upward, upwardly Antonym(s): down, downward, downwardly, downwards to a later time; "they moved the meeting date up"; "from childhood upward" Synonym(s): up, upwards, upward
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Uberty \U"ber*ty\, n. [L. ubertas.]       Fruitfulness; copiousness; abundance; plenty. [Obs.]       --Florio.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Staff \Staff\, n.; pl. {Staves} ([?] [or] [?]; 277) or       {Staffs}in senses 1-9, {Staffs} in senses 10, 11. [AS.       st[91]f a staff; akin to LG. & D. staf, OFries stef, G. stab,       Icel. stafr, Sw. staf, Dan. stav, Goth. stabs element,       rudiment, Skr. sth[be]pay to cause to stand, to place. See       {Stand}, and cf. {Stab}, {Stave}, n.]       1. A long piece of wood; a stick; the long handle of an             instrument or weapon; a pole or srick, used for many             purposes; as, a surveyor's staff; the staff of a spear or             pike.                         And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of                      the altar to bear it withal.               --Ex. xxxviii.                                                                               7.                         With forks and staves the felon to pursue. --Dryden.          2. A stick carried in the hand for support or defense by a             person walking; hence, a support; that which props or             upholds. [bd]Hooked staves.[b8] --Piers Plowman.                         The boy was the very staff of my age. --Shak.                         He spoke of it [beer] in [bd]The Earnest Cry,[b8]                      and likewise in the [bd]Scotch Drink,[b8] as one of                      the staffs of life which had been struck from the                      poor man's hand.                                 --Prof.                                                                               Wilson.          3. A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a             badge of office; as, a constable's staff.                         Methought this staff, mine office badge in court,                      Was broke in twain.                           --Shak.                         All his officers brake their staves; but at their                      return new staves were delivered unto them.                                                                               --Hayward.          4. A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.          5. The round of a ladder. [R.]                         I ascend at one [ladder] of six hundred and                      thirty-nine staves.                           --Dr. J.                                                                               Campbell (E.                                                                               Brown's                                                                               Travels).          6. A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded,             the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.                         Cowley found out that no kind of staff is proper for                      an heroic poem, as being all too lyrical. --Dryden.          7. (Mus.) The five lines and the spaces on which music is             written; -- formerly called stave.          8. (Mech.) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.          9. (Surg.) The grooved director for the gorget, or knife,             used in cutting for stone in the bladder.          10. [From {Staff}, 3, a badge of office.] (Mil.) An             establishment of officers in various departments attached             to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander             of an army. The general's staff consists of those             officers about his person who are employed in carrying             his commands into execution. See {[90]tat Major}.          11. Hence: A body of assistants serving to carry into effect             the plans of a superintendant or manager; as, the staff             of a newspaper.          {Jacob's staff} (Surv.), a single straight rod or staff,             pointed and iron-shod at the bottom, for penetrating the             ground, and having a socket joint at the top, used,             instead of a tripod, for supporting a compass.          {Staff angle} (Arch.), a square rod of wood standing flush             with the wall on each of its sides, at the external angles             of plastering, to prevent their being damaged.          {The staff of life}, bread. [bd]Bread is the staff of             life.[b8] --Swift.          {Staff tree} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Celastrus},             mostly climbing shrubs of the northern hemisphere. The             American species ({C. scandens}) is commonly called             {bittersweet}. See 2d {Bittersweet}, 3             (b) .          {To set}, [or] {To put}, {up, [or] down}, {one's staff}, to             take up one's residence; to lodge. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Upbraid \Up*braid"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Upbraided}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Upbraiding}.] [OE. upbreiden; AS, upp up + bregdan to       draw, twist, weave, or the kindred Icel. breg[edh]a to draw,       brandish, braid, deviate from, change, break off, upbraid.       See {Up}, and {Braid}, v. t.]       1. To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to             reproach; to cast something in the teeth of; -- followed             by with or for, and formerly of, before the thing imputed.                         And upbraided them with their unbelief. --Mark xvi.                                                                               14.                         Vet do not Upbraid us our distress.   --Shak.          2. To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide.                         Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of                      his mighty works were done.               --Matt. xi. 20                         How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness!                                                                               --Sir P.                                                                               Sidney.          3. To treat with contempt. [Obs.] --Spenser.          4. To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; --             with to before the person. [Obs.] --Bacon.          Syn: To reproach; blame; censure; condemn.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Upbraid \Up*braid"\, v. i.       To utter upbraidings. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Upbraid \Up*braid"\, n.       The act of reproaching; contumely. [Obs.] [bd] Foul       upbraid.[b8] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Upbraid \Up*braid"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Upbraided}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Upbraiding}.] [OE. upbreiden; AS, upp up + bregdan to       draw, twist, weave, or the kindred Icel. breg[edh]a to draw,       brandish, braid, deviate from, change, break off, upbraid.       See {Up}, and {Braid}, v. t.]       1. To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to             reproach; to cast something in the teeth of; -- followed             by with or for, and formerly of, before the thing imputed.                         And upbraided them with their unbelief. --Mark xvi.                                                                               14.                         Vet do not Upbraid us our distress.   --Shak.          2. To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide.                         Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of                      his mighty works were done.               --Matt. xi. 20                         How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness!                                                                               --Sir P.                                                                               Sidney.          3. To treat with contempt. [Obs.] --Spenser.          4. To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; --             with to before the person. [Obs.] --Bacon.          Syn: To reproach; blame; censure; condemn.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Upbraid \Up*braid"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Upbraided}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Upbraiding}.] [OE. upbreiden; AS, upp up + bregdan to       draw, twist, weave, or the kindred Icel. breg[edh]a to draw,       brandish, braid, deviate from, change, break off, upbraid.       See {Up}, and {Braid}, v. t.]       1. To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to             reproach; to cast something in the teeth of; -- followed             by with or for, and formerly of, before the thing imputed.                         And upbraided them with their unbelief. --Mark xvi.                                                                               14.                         Vet do not Upbraid us our distress.   --Shak.          2. To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide.                         Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of                      his mighty works were done.               --Matt. xi. 20                         How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness!                                                                               --Sir P.                                                                               Sidney.          3. To treat with contempt. [Obs.] --Spenser.          4. To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; --             with to before the person. [Obs.] --Bacon.          Syn: To reproach; blame; censure; condemn.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Upbreathe \Up*breathe"\, v. r.       To breathe up or out; to exhale. [Obs.] --Marston.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Upbreed \Up*breed"\, v. t.       To rear, or bring up; to nurse. [bd]Upbred in a foreign       country.[b8] --Holinshed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Uphoard \Up*hoard"\, v. t.       To hoard up. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deck \Deck\, n. [D. dek. See {Deck}, v.]       1. The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or             compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck;             larger ships have two or three decks.          Note: The following are the more common names of the decks of                vessels having more than one.          {Berth deck} (Navy), a deck next below the gun deck, where             the hammocks of the crew are swung.          {Boiler deck} (River Steamers), the deck on which the boilers             are placed.          {Flush deck}, any continuous, unbroken deck from stem to             stern.          {Gun deck} (Navy), a deck below the spar deck, on which the             ship's guns are carried. If there are two gun decks, the             upper one is called the main deck, the lower, the lower             gun deck; if there are three, one is called the middle gun             deck.          {Half-deck}, that portion of the deck next below the spar             deck which is between the mainmast and the cabin.          {Hurricane deck} (River Steamers, etc.), the upper deck,             usually a light deck, erected above the frame of the hull.                      {Orlop deck}, the deck or part of a deck where the cables are             stowed, usually below the water line.          {Poop deck}, the deck forming the roof of a poop or poop             cabin, built on the upper deck and extending from the             mizzenmast aft.          {Quarter-deck}, the part of the upper deck abaft the             mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one.          {Spar deck}.             (a) Same as the upper deck.             (b) Sometimes a light deck fitted over the upper deck.          {Upper deck}, the highest deck of the hull, extending from             stem to stern.          2. (arch.) The upper part or top of a mansard roof or curb             roof when made nearly flat.          3. (Railroad) The roof of a passenger car.          4. A pack or set of playing cards.                         The king was slyly fingered from the deck. --Shak.          5. A heap or store. [Obs.]                         Who . . . hath such trinkets Ready in the deck.                                                                               --Massinger.          {Between decks}. See under {Between}.          {Deck bridge} (Railroad Engineering), a bridge which carries             the track upon the upper chords; -- distinguished from a             through bridge, which carries the track upon the lower             chords, between the girders.          {Deck curb} (Arch.), a curb supporting a deck in roof             construction.          {Deck floor} (Arch.), a floor which serves also as a roof, as             of a belfry or balcony.          {Deck hand}, a sailor hired to help on the vessel's deck, but             not expected to go aloft.          {Deck molding} (Arch.), the molded finish of the edge of a             deck, making the junction with the lower slope of the             roof.          {Deck roof} (Arch.), a nearly flat roof which is not             surmounted by parapet walls.          {Deck transom} (Shipbuilding), the transom into which the             deck is framed.          {To clear the decks} (Naut.), to remove every unnecessary             incumbrance in preparation for battle; to prepare for             action.          {To sweep the deck} (Card Playing), to clear off all the             stakes on the table by winning them.
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]:
Tail \Tail\, n. [AS. t[91]gel, t[91]gl; akin to G. zagel, Icel.       tagl, Sw. tagel, Goth. tagl hair. [fb]59.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) The terminal, and usually flexible, posterior             appendage of an animal.          Note: The tail of mammals and reptiles contains a series of                movable vertebr[91], and is covered with flesh and                hairs or scales like those of other parts of the body.                The tail of existing birds consists of several more or                less consolidated vertebr[91] which supports a fanlike                group of quills to which the term tail is more                particularly applied. The tail of fishes consists of                the tapering hind portion of the body ending in a                caudal fin. The term tail is sometimes applied to the                entire abdomen of a crustacean or insect, and sometimes                to the terminal piece or pygidium alone.          2. Any long, flexible terminal appendage; whatever resembles,             in shape or position, the tail of an animal, as a catkin.                         Doretus writes a great praise of the distilled                      waters of those tails that hang on willow trees.                                                                               --Harvey.          3. Hence, the back, last, lower, or inferior part of             anything, -- as opposed to the {head}, or the superior             part.                         The Lord will make thee the head, and not the tail.                                                                               --Deut.                                                                               xxviii. 13.          4. A train or company of attendants; a retinue.                         [bd]Ah,[b8] said he, [bd]if you saw but the chief                      with his tail on.[b8]                        --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          5. The side of a coin opposite to that which bears the head,             effigy, or date; the reverse; -- rarely used except in the             expression [bd]heads or tails,[b8] employed when a coin is             thrown up for the purpose of deciding some point by its             fall.          6. (Anat.) The distal tendon of a muscle.          7. (Bot.) A downy or feathery appendage to certain achenes.             It is formed of the permanent elongated style.          8. (Surg.)             (a) A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end,                   which does not go through the whole thickness of the                   skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; --                   called also {tailing}.             (b) One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by                   splitting the bandage one or more times.          9. (Naut.) A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which             it may be lashed to anything.          10. (Mus.) The part of a note which runs perpendicularly             upward or downward from the head; the stem. --Moore             (Encyc. of Music).          11. pl. Same as {Tailing}, 4.          12. (Arch.) The bottom or lower portion of a member or part,             as a slate or tile.          13. pl. (Mining) See {Tailing}, n., 5.          {Tail beam}. (Arch.) Same as {Tailpiece}.          {Tail coverts} (Zo[94]l.), the feathers which cover the bases             of the tail quills. They are sometimes much longer than             the quills, and form elegant plumes. Those above the             quills are called the {upper tail coverts}, and those             below, the {under tail coverts}.          {Tail end}, the latter end; the termination; as, the tail end             of a contest. [Colloq.]          {Tail joist}. (Arch.) Same as {Tailpiece}.          {Tail of a comet} (Astron.), a luminous train extending from             the nucleus or body, often to a great distance, and             usually in a direction opposite to the sun.          {Tail of a gale} (Naut.), the latter part of it, when the             wind has greatly abated. --Totten.          {Tail of a lock} (on a canal), the lower end, or entrance             into the lower pond.          {Tail of the trenches} (Fort.), the post where the besiegers             begin to break ground, and cover themselves from the fire             of the place, in advancing the lines of approach.          {Tail spindle}, the spindle of the tailstock of a turning             lathe; -- called also {dead spindle}.          {To turn tail}, to run away; to flee.                         Would she turn tail to the heron, and fly quite out                      another way; but all was to return in a higher                      pitch.                                                --Sir P.                                                                               Sidney.
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]:
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]:
Transit \Trans"it\, n. [L. transitus, from transire to go over:       cf. F. transit. See {Transient}.]       1. The act of passing; passage through or over.                         In France you are now . . . in the transit from one                      form of government to another.            --Burke.          2. The act or process of causing to pass; conveyance; as, the             transit of goods through a country.          3. A line or route of passage or conveyance; as, the             Nicaragua transit. --E. G. Squier.          4. (Astron.)             (a) The passage of a heavenly body over the meridian of a                   place, or through the field of a telescope.             (b) The passage of a smaller body across the disk of a                   larger, as of Venus across the sun's disk, or of a                   satellite or its shadow across the disk of its                   primary.          5. An instrument resembling a theodolite, used by surveyors             and engineers; -- called also {transit compass}, and             {surveyor's transit}.          Note: The surveyor's transit differs from the theodolite in                having the horizontal axis attached directly to the                telescope which is not mounted in Y's and can be turned                completely over about the axis.          {Lower transit} (Astron.), the passage of a heavenly body             across that part of the meridian which is below the polar             axis.          {Surveyor's transit}. See {Transit}, 5, above.          {Transit circle} (Astron.), a transit instrument with a             graduated circle attached, used for observing the time of             transit and the declination at one observation. See             {Circle}, n., 3.          {Transit compass}. See {Transit}, 5, above.          {Transit duty}, a duty paid on goods that pass through a             country.          {Transit instrument}. (Astron.)             (a) A telescope mounted at right angles to a horizontal                   axis, on which it revolves with its line of                   collimation in the plane of the meridian, -- used in                   connection with a clock for observing the time of                   transit of a heavenly body over the meridian of a                   place.             (b) (Surv.) A surveyor's transit. See {Transit}, 5, above.                            {Transit trade} (Com.), the business conected with the             passage of goods through a country to their destination.                      {Upper transit} (Astron.), the passage of a heavenly body             across that part of the meridian which is above the polar             axis.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Uppertendom \Up`per*ten"dom\, n. [Upper ten + -dom.]       The highest class in society; the upper ten. See {Upper ten},       under {Upper}. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Upridged \Up*ridged"\, a.       Raised up in a ridge or ridges; as, a billow upridged.       --Cowper.
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Uproot \Up*root"\, v. t.       To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots;       to remove utterly; to eradicate; to extirpate.                   Trees uprooted left their place.            --Dryden.                   At his command the uprooted hills retired. --Milton.
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Upward \Up"ward\, a. [AS. upweard. See {Up}, and {-ward}.]       Directed toward a higher place; as, with upward eye; with       upward course.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Upward \Up"ward\, Upwards \Up"wards\, adv. [AS. upweardes. See       {Up-}, and {-wards}.]       1. In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher             place; in a course toward the source or origin; -- opposed             to downward; as, to tend or roll upward. --I. Watts.                         Looking inward, we are stricken dumb; looking                      upward, we speak and prevail.            --Hooker.          2. In the upper parts; above.                         Dagon his name, sea monster, upward man, And down                      ward fish.                                          --Milton.          3. Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.                         From twenty years old and upward.      --Num. i. 3.          {Upward of}, [or] {Upwards of}, more than; above.                         I have been your wife in this obedience Upward of                      twenty years.                                    --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Upward \Up"ward\, n.       The upper part; the top. [Obs.]                   From the extremest upward of thy head.   --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Upward \Up"ward\, Upwards \Up"wards\, adv. [AS. upweardes. See       {Up-}, and {-wards}.]       1. In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher             place; in a course toward the source or origin; -- opposed             to downward; as, to tend or roll upward. --I. Watts.                         Looking inward, we are stricken dumb; looking                      upward, we speak and prevail.            --Hooker.          2. In the upper parts; above.                         Dagon his name, sea monster, upward man, And down                      ward fish.                                          --Milton.          3. Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.                         From twenty years old and upward.      --Num. i. 3.          {Upward of}, [or] {Upwards of}, more than; above.                         I have been your wife in this obedience Upward of                      twenty years.                                    --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Upward \Up"ward\, Upwards \Up"wards\, adv. [AS. upweardes. See       {Up-}, and {-wards}.]       1. In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher             place; in a course toward the source or origin; -- opposed             to downward; as, to tend or roll upward. --I. Watts.                         Looking inward, we are stricken dumb; looking                      upward, we speak and prevail.            --Hooker.          2. In the upper parts; above.                         Dagon his name, sea monster, upward man, And down                      ward fish.                                          --Milton.          3. Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.                         From twenty years old and upward.      --Num. i. 3.          {Upward of}, [or] {Upwards of}, more than; above.                         I have been your wife in this obedience Upward of                      twenty years.                                    --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Upward \Up"ward\, Upwards \Up"wards\, adv. [AS. upweardes. See       {Up-}, and {-wards}.]       1. In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher             place; in a course toward the source or origin; -- opposed             to downward; as, to tend or roll upward. --I. Watts.                         Looking inward, we are stricken dumb; looking                      upward, we speak and prevail.            --Hooker.          2. In the upper parts; above.                         Dagon his name, sea monster, upward man, And down                      ward fish.                                          --Milton.          3. Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.                         From twenty years old and upward.      --Num. i. 3.          {Upward of}, [or] {Upwards of}, more than; above.                         I have been your wife in this obedience Upward of                      twenty years.                                    --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Upwreath \Up*wreath"\, v. i.       To rise with a curling motion; to curl upward, as smoke.       --Longfellow.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Upper Darby, PA       Zip code(s): 19082
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Upper Tract, WV       Zip code(s): 26866
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
upward closure          See {closure}.