uppert (uper)

compar. [ hylles. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), l. 1991. Also, that enery brother and suster schul be boxom, and come whan they be warned, vpon the oth tht they And with this word upper to sore haue maad, and on the peyne of xl. d. to paie to the box; He gan. Chaucer, House of Fame, 1. 884. Vpon the peyne afore-seid, but he haue a verrey enupperestt (up'ér-est), a. superl. [ME. upper chesoun wherfore tht they mowe be excused. este; That Peter's heirs should tread on Emperors, And walk upon the dreadful adder's back. Marlowe, Faustus, iii. 1. Upon whom doth not his light arise? [Compare Mat. v. 45: He maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good.] Job xxv. 3. By whiche degrees men myhten clymben fro the net here ste lettre to the uppereste. Chaucer , Boëthius, i. prose 1. upper-growth (up'er-grōth), n. That part of a plant or shrub which is above the ground. Here, too, was planted that strange and interesting denizen of the wilderne , the Saxaous, which with a highest position or place; also, first in a series or in order of time. They [the primitive Quakers] committed to writing whatever words came uppermost , as fast as the pen could put them down, and subjected to no after-revision what had been produced with no forethought. Southey, Life of Bunyan, p. 41. 21. First in order of precedence. All Dukes daughters shall goe all-one with a nother, soe that alwayes the Eldest Dukes Daughter go vpermost . Booke of Precedence (E. E. T. S., extra ser.), i. 14. upper-stockst (up'er-stoks), n. pl . Breeches. Also Al overstocks . Compare nether - stock . Thy upper - stockes , be they stuft with silk or flocks, Never become thee like a nether pair of stocks. J. Heywood , Epigrams. ( Nares . ) upper ten dom (up-er-ten'dum), n. [ upper ten + -dom .] Same as upper ten you sand (which see, under upper ). up-pile (up-pil'), v. t. To pile up; heap up. Southey, Thalaba, ii. [Rare.]