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Upturn   Listen
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Upturn  v. t.  To turn up; to direct upward; to throw up; as, to upturn the ground in plowing. "A sea of upturned faces." "So scented the grim feature, and upturned His nostril wide into the murky air."






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"Upturn" Quotes from Famous Books



... only—years ago I must not say how many—but not many. It was a July midnight; and from out A full-orbed moon, that, like thine own soul, soaring, Sought a precipitate pathway up through heaven, There fell a silvery-silken veil of light, With quietude and sultriness and slumber, Upon the upturn'd faces of a thousand Roses that grew in an enchanted garden, Where no wind dared to stir, unless on tiptoe— Fell on the upturn'd faces of these roses That gave out, in return for the love-light, Their ...
— Selections From American Poetry • Various



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