Up"start`, a. Suddenly raised to prominence or consequence. "A race of
upstart creatures." Milton.
Up*stay" (?), v. t. To sustain; to support. [Obs.] "His massy spear
upstayed." Milton.
Up*stert"e (?), obs. imp. & p. p. of Upstart.
Up"stir` (?), n. Insurrection; commotion; disturbance. [Obs.] Sir J.
Cheke.
Up*stream" (?), adv. Toward the higher part of a stream; against the
current.
Up*street" (?), adv. Toward the higher part of a street; as, to walk
upstreet. G. W. Gable.
Up"stroke` (?), n. An upward stroke, especially the stroke, or line,
made by a writing instrument when moving upward, or from the body of
the writer, or a line corresponding to the part of a letter thus made.
Some upstroke of an Alpha and Omega.
Mrs. Browning.
Up"sun` (?), n. (Scots Law) The time during which the sun is up, or
above the horizon; the time between sunrise and sunset.
Up*swarm" (?), v. i. & i. To rise, or cause to rise, in a swarm or
swarms. [R.] Shak. Cowper.
Up*sway" (?), v. t. To sway or swing aloft; as, to upsway a club. [R.]
Sir W. Scott.
Up*swell" (?), v. i. To swell or rise up.
Up"sy*tur"vy (?), adv. [Cf. Upside down, under Upside, and
Topsy-turvy.] Upside down; topsy-turvy. [Obs.] Robert Greene.