An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 934

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 934

_Barbour._


UPGASTANG, _s._ A species of loom anciently used in Orkney.


_Stat. Acc._


UPHALD, _s._ Support, S. _uphadd_.


_G. Buchanan._


Isl. _uph.e.l.lde_, sustentatio, victualia.


_To_ ~Uphald~, ~Uphadd~, _v. a._ To warrant; as, _to uphadd a horse sound_, to warrant him free of defect, S.


_To_ UP-He, UPHIE, _v. a._ To lift up, to exalt; pret. _upheit_.


_Dunbar._


Dan. _ophoy-er_, Belg. _ophoog-en_, to exalt.


UPHEILD, _part. pa._ Carried upwards.


_Douglas._


A. S. _up_, and _hyld-an_, inclinare.


_To_ UPHEIS, _v. a._ To exalt, S.


V. ~Heis~.


_Douglas._


_To_ UPHEUE, _v. a._ To lift up.


_Doug._


A. S. _up-hef-an_, levare, Isl. _upphef-ia_, exaltare.


UPHYNT, _part. pa._ s.n.a.t.c.hed up.


V. ~Hint~.


_Douglas._


UPLANDS, UP OF LAND, UPON-LAND, UPPLANE, _adj._


1. One who lives in the country, as distinguished from the town.


_Burr. Lawes._


2. Rustic, unpolished.


_Dunbar._


A. S. _up-land_, highland; also, a midland country.


_To_ UPLOIP, _v. n._ To ascend with rapidity.


V. ~Loup~, _v._


_Montgomerie._


Teut. _oploop-en_, sursum currere.


UPPIL ABOON, clear over-head, S. B.


Sw. _uphaalls vaeder_, dry weather; from _uphaalla_, to bear up.


_To_ ~Uppil~, _v. n._ To clear up, S. B.


UPPISH, _adj._ Aspiring, ambitious, S.


Su. G. _ypp-a_, elevare; _yppig_, superbus.


UP-PUT, _s._ The power of secreting, so as to prevent discovery.


_Cleland._


_To_ UPRAX, _v. a._ To stretch upward, to erect.


V. ~Rax~.


_Douglas._


_To_ UPREND, _v. a._ To render or give up.