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ap, aper, apper, doger, hup, in_a_doger, ip, oop, up, uplins, uppadoga, upper, uppie, uppish, upple, uppy, weal-up, weel-up, weill-up, weil-up,
up [ʌp, up]
adv. Up. Of water or a river etc: in flood. Of people: in a state of excitement or irritation. Advanced in life, on in years. Of teeth: fully developed. Of a chimney: on fire.
 
upper
adv. Upper.
adj. Upper.
comp. uppermair higher up, further up.
superl. uppermaist
v. To (get) up, start.
 
uppie
adj. Self-important, uppish, self-satisfied.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
uppadoga: I.Sh. Highly excited, uneasy in mind.
uppish: Aspiring, ambitious, upwardly mobile.
upple: Of weather: clear.
uplins: Upwards.
up on: Pleased about, delighted with.
weel up: Well-to-do, wealthy.
A_s$_uphaud, sepad, uphaad, uphaaden, uphaud, uphauden, up-hauden, uphaudin, uphaudit, uphauld, upheeld, upheuld, uphuild,
uphaud [ʌpˈhɑːd, -hɔːd, N. I. -haːd, -hʌd]
n. One who upholds or keeps another going. A support, mainstay, sustenance. The care and maintenance of property, upkeep.
v. To uphold, to keep in a state of good repair, to maintain, to look after. To affirm, maintain in argument, warrant, guarantee, vouch for a fact. With wi: to believe in, hold with. To raise or lift up. To delay, retard the delivery of something.
pt. uphaudit upheld [-hɛld,] uphuild [MN. -hild, NN.b. -hid, I. -høld]
pp. uphauden
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
A s' uphaud [aːz-]: I shall uphold, I shall maintain.
uphaudin: Upholding.
 
From up + haud.
Uplamair, Uplawmair, Uplawmuir,
Uplawmuir [ˈʌplɑːmøːr, C. -meːr, N. ˈʌplaːmiːr, -mjuːr]
pn. Uplawmoor (East Renfrewshire).
uplif, uplift, upliftet, upliftit,
uplift [ʌpˈlɪft]
n. A lifting up, elevation. A contribution, a payment made to a common fund. The collection of accounts by a shopkeeper etc.
v. To elate, gladden, raise the spirits. To make proud. To dig up, harvest potatoes etc. Of money: to collect, draw, take possession of wages, dues, rents, taxes, forfeits or penalties etc. To raise or strike up a tune.
pt. pp. upliftit adj. Elated.
 
From up + lift.
$pun, apae, apae, api, api$, apin, apo, apö, apø, apoan, apon, apone, apoun, apun, ipo, ipon, pö, upae, upain, upo, upo$, upoa, upoan, upon, uppin, upun,
upon [əˈpon]
contracted upo'. Often used in place of on.
prep. Upon. Of time or incidence: during, in the course of. Of place or manner: in.
upset, upsettin,
upset [ˈʌpsɛt]
n. A telling-off, rebuke, an altercation, quarrel. The price from which bidding must start at an auction. The act of setting up in business on one's own.
adj. Set up on end, placed vertically, protruding upwards, tilted up, elated, pleased. Haughty, presumptuously ambitious or aspiring, pushing oneself forward, giving oneself airs.
v. To set up, erect, put up or raise etc. To make good, make up or compensate for, offset, to get over.upsettin [-ɪn]
 
From up + set.
oopsie_doopsie, oopsy_doopsy, upsie_dupsie, upsy_dupsy,
upsie dupsie [ˈʌpsɪ ˈdʌpsɪ]
int. Upsadaisy.
uptak, uptaker, uptakker,
uptak [ʌpˈtak, ʌpˈtek]
n. The lifting or gathering of potatoes etc. The capacity for understanding, power of comprehension, intelligence. Dealings, involvement, relationship. I.Sh. Of weather: a change for the worse.
v. To pick, take or lift up, raise. To reprove, correct, cavil at. To understand, comprehend, take into the mind. To engross, occupy one's interest or attention. To strike up a tune, to lead the singing in church, act as precentor.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
uptakker: A money collector. A precentor.
 
From up + tak.
apward, upart, upwart, upwarts, upwi, upwith, upwuth,
upwart [ˈʌpwərt]
also upwith [ˈʌpwɪθ, ˈʌpwʌθ]
adj. Upward. Having an upward slope, uphill. Of prices etc.: rising.
adv. Upwards, in an upward direction, up there.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
tae the upwith: In an upward direction.
 
From up + -wart.
Uranus,
Uranus [ˈ(j)ərənʌs]
n. The planet Uranus.

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