Definition of upper

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Upper (n.) The upper leather for a shoe; a vamp.

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Spired :: Spire (n.) The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit..
Sacrament :: Sacrament (n.) One of the solemn religious ordinances enjoined by Christ, the head of the Christian church, to be observed by his followers; hence, specifically, the eucharist; the Lord's Supper..
Passion :: Passion (n.) A suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress (as, a cardiac passion); specifically, the suffering of Christ between the time of the last supper and his death, esp. in the garden upon the cross..
Breastrail :: Breastrail (n.) The upper rail of any parapet of ordinary height, as of a balcony; the railing of a quarter-deck, etc..
Heterocercal :: Heterocercal (a.) Having the vertebral column evidently continued into the upper lobe of the tail, which is usually longer than the lower one, as in sharks..
Moline :: Moline (n.) The crossed iron that supports the upper millstone by resting on the spindle; a millrind.
Rosette :: Rosette (n.) Any structure having a flowerlike form; especially, the group of five broad ambulacra on the upper side of the spatangoid and clypeastroid sea urchins. See Illust. of Spicule, and Sand dollar, under Sand..
Offset :: Offset (n.) A horizontal ledge on the face of a wall, formed by a diminution of its thickness, or by the weathering or upper surface of a part built out from it; -- called also set-off..
Overleather :: Overleather (n.) Upper leather.
Shuttle :: Shuttle (n.) The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch..
Hood :: Hood (n.) A projecting cover above a hearth, forming the upper part of the fireplace, and confining the smoke to the flue..
Manesheet :: Manesheet (n.) A covering placed over the upper part of a horse's head.
Forecastle :: Forecastle (n.) A short upper deck forward, formerly raised like a castle, to command an enemy's decks..
Crupper :: Crupper (v. t.) To fit with a crupper; to place a crupper upon; as, to crupper a horse..
Bust :: Bust (n.) The portion of the human figure included between the head and waist, whether in statuary or in the person; the chest or thorax; the upper part of the trunk of the body..
Register :: Register (v. i.) The compass of a voice or instrument; a specified portion of the compass of a voice, or a series of vocal tones of a given compass; as, the upper, middle, or lower register; the soprano register; the tenor register..
Reichsrath :: Reichsrath (n.) The parliament of Austria (exclusive of Hungary, which has its own diet, or parliament). It consists of an Upper and a Lower House, or a House of Lords and a House of Representatives..
Strangulate :: Strangles (n.) A disease in horses and swine, in which the upper part of the throat, or groups of lymphatic glands elsewhere, swells..
Crouper :: Crouper (n.) See Crupper.
Prevail :: Prevail (v. i.) To overcome; to gain the victory or superiority; to gain the advantage; to have the upper hand, or the mastery; to succeed; -- sometimes with over or against..
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