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Webster 1913 Edition

Upright

Up′rightˊ

,
Adj.
[AS.
upright
,
uppriht
. See
Up
, and
Right
,
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
.
Dryden.
All have their ears
upright
.
Spenser.
2.
Morally erect; having rectitude; honest; just;
as, a man
upright
in all his ways
.
And that man [Job] was perfect and
upright
.
Job i. 1.
3.
Conformable to moral rectitude.
Conscience rewards
upright
conduct with pleasure.
J. M. Mason.
4.
Stretched out face upward; flat on the back.
[Obs.]
“ He lay upright.”
Chaucer.
Upright drill
(Mach.)
,
a drilling machine having the spindle vertical.
☞ 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.

Up′rightˊ

,
Noun.
1.
Something standing upright, as a piece of timber in a building. See Illust. of
Frame
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Upright

UPRIGHT

,
Adj.
upri'te or up'rite. [up and right. This word is marked in books with the accent on the first syllable. But it is frequently pronounced with the accent on the second, and the accent on the first syllable of its derivatives is inadmissible.]
1.
Erect; perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; as an upright tree; an upright post. Among mechanics, plumb.
2.
Erected; pricked up; shooting directly from the body.
All have their ears upright -
With chatt'ring teeth and bristling hair upright.
3.
Honest; just; adhering to rectitude in all social intercourse; not deviating from correct moral principles; as an upright man. Job. 1.
4.
Conformable to moral rectitude.
Conscience rewards upright conduct with pleasure.

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