Up"land, a. 1. Of or pertaining to uplands; being on upland; high in
situation; as, upland inhabitants; upland pasturage.
Sometimes, with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite.
Milton.
2. Pertaining to the country, as distinguished from the neighborhood of
towns; rustic; rude; unpolished. [Obs.] " The race of upland giants."
Chapman.
Upland moccasin. (Zoöl.) See Moccasin. — Upland sandpiper, or Upland
plover (Zoöl.), a large American sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) much
valued as a game bird. Unlike most sandpipers, it frequents fields and
uplands. Called also Bartramian sandpiper, Bartram's tattler, field
plover, grass plover, highland plover, hillbird, humility, prairie
plover, prairie pigeon, prairie snipe, papabote, quaily, and uplander.
— Upland sumach (Bot.), a North American shrub of the genus Rhus (Rhus
glabra), used in tanning and dyeing.
Up"land*er (?), n. 1. One dwelling in the upland; hence, a countryman;
a rustic. [Obs.]