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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

... occult science, and was infatuated with the idea of discovering a universal remedy. He was, moreover, a follower of the eminent theologian, Johann Tauler (1290-1361), founder of mystic theology in Germany. Van Helmont has been described as an enthusiastic and fantastic, though upright friend of the truth. He adhered to the theosophic and alchemistic doctrines of a somewhat earlier epoch, and was an admirer of ...

— Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery • Robert Means Lawrence

... and their history is our history. Remember that as surely as we one day swung down out of the trees and walked upright, just as surely, on a far earlier day, did we crawl up out of the sea and achieve our first ...

— Before Adam • Jack London

... days passed away. At last I bethought me that if I could make a pair of crutches, I might, with Obed's help, get over the ground. Two young saplings, towards which I dragged myself, were soon cut down, and in a couple of days I was once more upright. I could only at first move very slowly, and with great dread of falling; but by constant practice, in the course of a week I thought I might venture out of the wood. Obed's arms were also gaining strength, and one of them he could already use a little, and was thus enabled to help ...

— Dick Onslow - Among the Redskins • W.H.G. Kingston

... the snow in a long row, while many others knelt in mock humility, scooping snow upon their heads and claiming the rite accomplished. But a group of five stood upright, backwoodsmen and frontiersmen, they, eager to contest ...

— Burning Daylight • Jack London

... soul, and never forget to have a penny, when all thy expenses are enumerated and paid: then shalt thou reach the point of happiness, and independence shall be thy shield and buckler, thy helmet and crown; then shall thy soul walk upright nor stoop to the silken wretch because he hath riches, nor pocket an abuse because the hand which offers it wears a ...

— Many Thoughts of Many Minds - A Treasury of Quotations from the Literature of Every Land and Every Age • Various

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