Definition of upright

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Upright (a.) In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree..

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Incorrupt :: Incorrupt (a.) Not defiled or depraved; pure; sound; untainted; above the influence of bribes; upright; honest.
Upright :: Upright (a.) Conformable to moral rectitude.
Mullion :: Mullion (n.) An upright member of a framing. See Stile.
Column :: Column (n.) Anything resembling, in form or position, a column in architecture; an upright body or mass; a shaft or obelisk; as, a column of air, of water, of mercury, etc.; the Column Vendome; the spinal column..
Tubiporite :: Tubiporite (n.) Any fossil coral of the genus Syringopora consisting of a cluster of upright tubes united together by small transverse tubules.
Rudder :: Rudder (n.) The mechanical appliance by means of which a vessel is guided or steered when in motion. It is a broad and flat blade made of wood or iron, with a long shank, and is fastened in an upright position, usually by one edge, to the sternpost of the vessel in such a way that it can be turned from side to side in the water by means of a tiller, wheel, or other attachment..
Uprightly :: Uprightly (adv.) In an upright manner.
Stalk :: Stalk (n.) One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.
Ashlering :: Ashlering (n.) The short upright pieces between the floor beams and rafters in garrets. See Ashlar, 2..
Arrectary :: Arrectary (n.) An upright beam.
Bevel :: Bevel (a.) Hence: Morally distorted; not upright.
Cross :: Cross (n.) A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below the upper end of the upright, or as an X. It was anciently used in the execution of criminals..
Aslope :: Aslope (adv. & a.) Slopingly; aslant; declining from an upright direction; sloping.
Stand :: Stand (n.) To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm positio.
Rectitude :: Rectitude (n.) Rightness of principle or practice; exact conformity to truth, or to the rules prescribed for moral conduct, either by divine or human laws; uprightness of mind; uprightness; integrity; honesty; justice..
Striction :: Strict (a.) Upright, or straight and narrow; -- said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters..
Indirect :: Indirect (a.) Not straightforward or upright; unfair; dishonest; tending to mislead or deceive.
Galley :: Galley (n.) An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc..
Euphonicon :: Euphonicon (n.) A kind of upright piano.
Roman :: Roman (a.) Upright; erect; -- said of the letters or kind of type ordinarily used, as distinguished from Italic characters..
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