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▪ I. ˈupleap, n.
[up- 2.]
1. An upward leap or spring.
1876R. Broughton Joan i. xxxiii, The fire giving one sudden upleap,..plays upon his face. 1885E. F. Byrrne Entangled III. ii. xviii. 140 This upleap of wild regret..was not dependent upon reason.
2. Mining. (See quot.)
1883Gresley Gloss. Coal-m. 268 Up-leap, a fault which appears as an up-throw.
▪ II. upˈleap, v.
[up- 4. Cf. OE. uphléapende pres. pple. and WFris. opljeappe, Du. oploopen, MSw. and Sw. upplöpa, MDa. and Da. opløbe, G. auflaufen.]
intr. To leap or spring up or upwards.
c1205Lay. 1882 Ofte heo up lupan [c 1275 vp leopen], alse heo fleon wolden. a1300Cursor M. 5193 Israel wit þis vp⁓lepp Þat moght noght forwit strid a step. c1350Will. Palerne 3283 Þe stede..vp-leped, & faire wiþ his fore fet kneled doun to grounde. a1560T. Phaer æneid ix. (1562) F fi, The wyld seas meeting mixe, and darkning skyes vpleapes y⊇ sands. 1600Fairfax Tasso iii. xlix, But now Rinaldo from the earth vp lept. 1805Wordsw. Prelude v. 441 And, now and then, a fish up-leaping snapped The breathless stillness. 1888R. Buchanan City of Dream viii. 152 The sable steed upleapt And bounded on. |