Up"spurn`er (?), n. A spurner or contemner; a despiser; a scoffer.
[Obs.] Joye.
Up*stairs" (?), adv. Up the stairs; in or toward an upper story.
Up"stairs` (?), a. Being above stairs; as, an upstairs room.
Up*stand" (?), v. i. To stand up; to be erected; to rise. Spenser.
Milton.
At once upstood the monarch, and upstood The wise Ulysses.
Cowper.
Up*stare" (?), v. i. To stare or stand upward; hence, to be uplifted or
conspicuous. "Rearing fiercely their upstaring crests." Spenser.
Up*start" (?), v. i. To start or spring up suddenly. Spenser. Tennyson.
Up"start` (?), n. 1. One who has risen suddenly, as from low life to
wealth, power, or honor; a parvenu. Bacon.