Definition of upper

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Upper (comp.) 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 legislature..

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Consubstantiation :: Consubstantiation (n.) The actual, substantial presence of the body of Christ with the bread and wine of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; impanation; -- opposed to transubstantiation..
Uptown :: Uptown (adv.) To or in the upper part of a town; as, to go uptown..
Gown :: Gown (n.) A loose, flowing upper garment.
Head :: Head (n.) The uppermost, foremost, or most important part of an inanimate object; such a part as may be considered to resemble the head of an animal; often, also, the larger, thicker, or heavier part or extremity, in distinction from the smaller or thinner part, or from the point or edge; as, the head of a cane, a nail, a spear, an ax, a mast, a sail, a ship; that which covers and closes the top or the end of a hollow vessel; as, the head of a cask or a steam boiler..
Supraoccipital :: Supraoccipital (a.) Situated over, or in the upper part of, the occiput; of or pertaining to the supraoccipital bone..
Pantoscopic :: Pantoscopic (a.) Literally, seeing everything; -- a term applied to eyeglasses or spectacles divided into two segments, the upper being designed for distant vision, the lower for vision of near objects..
Tromp :: Tromp (n.) A blowing apparatus, in which air, drawn into the upper part of a vertical tube through side holes by a stream of water within, is carried down with the water into a box or chamber below which it is led to a furnace..
Garret :: Garret (n.) That part of a house which is on the upper floor, immediately under or within the roof; an attic..
Benjamin :: Benjamin (n.) A kind of upper coat for men.
Holing :: Holing (n.) Undercutting in a bed of coal, in order to bring down the upper mass..
Tea :: Tea (n.) The evening meal, at which tea is usually served; supper..
Humerus :: Humerus (n.) The bone of the brachium, or upper part of the arm or fore limb..
Epigastrium :: Epigastrium (n.) The upper part of the abdomen.
Topsoil :: Topsoil (n.) The upper layer of soil; surface soil.
Gossan :: Gossan (n.) Decomposed rock, usually reddish or ferruginous (owing to oxidized pyrites), forming the upper part of a metallic vein..
Water Table :: Water table () A molding, or other projection, in the wall of a building, to throw off the water, -- generally used in the United States for the first table above the surface of the ground (see Table, n., 9), that is, for the table at the top of the foundation and the beginning of the upper wall..
Saddle-shaped :: Saddle-shaped (a.) Bent down at the sides so as to give the upper part a rounded form.
Firmamental :: Firmamental (a.) Pertaining to the firmament; celestial; being of the upper regions.
Loft :: Loft (n.) The room or space under a roof and above the ceiling of the uppermost story.
Union :: Union (n.) A device emblematic of union, used on a national flag or ensign, sometimes, as in the military standard of Great Britain, covering the whole field; sometimes, as in the flag of the United States, and the English naval and marine flag, occupying the upper inner corner, the rest of the flag being called the fly. Also, a flag having such a device; especially, the flag of Great Britain..
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