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adjective

Upright adj.

1.

In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree. "With chattering teeth, and bristling hair upright." "All have their ears upright."

2.

Morally erect; having rectitude; honest; just; as, a man upright in all his ways. "And that man (Job) was perfect and upright."

3.

Conformable to moral rectitude. "Conscience rewards upright conduct with pleasure."

4.

Stretched out face upward; flat on the back. (Obs.) " He lay upright."

5.

(Golf) Designating a club in which the head is approximately at a right angle with the shaft.

Upright drill (Mach.), a drilling machine having the spindle vertical. Note: This word and its derivatives are usually pronounced in prose with the accent on the first syllable. But they are frequently pronounced with the accent on the second in poetry, and the accent on either syllable is admissible.

noun

Upright n.

1.

Something standing upright, as a piece of timber in a building.

2.

(Basketwork) A tool made from a flat strip of steel with chisel edges at both ends, bent into horseshoe, the opening between the cutting edges being adjustable, used for reducing splits to skeins. Called in full upright shave.

3.

(Football) The vertical part of a goalpost, especially the part above the horizontal bar; as, a field goal directly between the uprights.

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Etymology of 'Upright'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Upright" Quotes from Famous Books

... tentative sympathy, running his pencil through his upright hair, and tapping his forefinger with it nervously. "I believe that's one of Bartlett's personal matters," he said in ...

— The Wizard's Daughter and Other Stories • Margaret Collier Graham

... a few cases, the exterior walls were plastered and whitewashed or else painted with colour of a violent blue. The windows and doors are small and the rooms scarcely high enough to permit of one standing upright. The building stone is granitic and of several colours, which, combined with the tint of the moss on the roof tiles, gives an unusual effect to the general appearance of the dwellings. In Kastro, the streets are of the width of a Perth right-of-way and have shops on either side. ...

— The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I • Herbert Brayley Collett

... with your finger over it, into the cup. When the mercury in the cup completely covers your finger and the end of the tube, remove your finger carefully so that no air can get up into the tube of mercury. Let the open end of the tube rest gently on the bottom of the cup, and hold the tube upright with your hand or by clamping it to a ring stand. Hold a yardstick or meter stick beside the tube, remembering to keep the tube straight up and down. Measure accurately the height of the mercury column from the surface of the mercury in the cup. Then go to the regular ...

— Common Science • Carleton W. Washburne

... UPRIGHT TRUSS.—This form of truss naturally develops into a type of wooden bridge known all over the country, as its framing is simple, and calculations as to its capacity to sustain loads may readily be made. Figs. 237, 238 and 239 ...

— Carpentry for Boys • J. S. Zerbe

... Sherwin, suddenly sitting back bolt upright in his chair, and staring at me in such surprise, that his restless features were actually struck with immobility for the moment—"God bless me, this is quite another story. Most gratifying, most astonishing—highly flattered ...

— Basil • Wilkie Collins

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