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Webster 1913 Edition
Upper
Up′per
,Adj.
c
of omp.
Up
. Being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in place, position, rank, dignity, or the like; superior;
as, the
. upper
lip; the upper
side of a thing; the upper
house of a legislatureThe upper hand
, the superiority; the advantage. See
To have the upper hand
, under Hand
. Jowett (Thucyd.).
– Upper Bench
(Eng. Hist.)
, the name of the highest court of common law (formerly King’s Bench) during the Commonwealth.
– Upper case
, the top one of a pair of compositor's cases. See the Note under 1st , 3.
– Case
, Noun.
Upper covert
(Zool.)
, one of the coverts situated above the bases of the tail quills.
– Upper deck
(Naut.)
, the topmost deck of any vessel; the spar deck.
– Upper leather
, the leather for the vamps and quarters of shoes.
– Upper strake
(Naut.)
, the strake next to the deck, usually of hard wood, and heavier than the other strakes.
– Upper ten thousand
, or (abbreviated) Upper ten
the ten thousand, more or less, who are highest in position or wealth; the upper class; the aristocracy.
[Colloq.]
– Upper topsail
(Naut.)
, the upper half of a double topsail.
– Upper works
(Naut.)
, all those parts of the hull of a vessel that are properly above water.
– Upper world
. (a)
The atmosphere.
(b)
Heaven.
(c)
This world; the earth; – in distinction from the
underworld
.Up′per
,Noun.
The upper leather for a shoe; a vamp.
Webster 1828 Edition
Upper
UP'PER
,Adj.
1.
Higher in place; as the upper lip; the upper side of a thing. An upper story is a higher one; the upper story is the highest. So the upper deck of a ship.2.
Superior in rank or dignity; as the upper house of a legislature.Upper hand, advantage; superiority.
Upper-works, in a ship, the parts above water when the ship is properly balanced for a voyage; or that part which is above the main wale.