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▪ I. ˈupˌmaking, vbl. n.
[up- 7.]
1. Sc. The action of making up, in various senses.
1513Extr. Aberd. Reg. (1844) I. 84 The biggin and vpmakin of thar blokhouse for thair artailzerie. 1681R. Fleming Fulfilling Script. (ed. 3) 64 When they..compared their gain with their losse, their upmaking with these dayes of trial. Ibid. 71 They have therein found a very sensible upmaking. 1856Morton's Cycl. Agric. II. 620/1 The average cost..did not exceed 15s. per acre.., with all necessary upmaking. 1897Mrs. Oliphant W. Blackwood II. xxii. 409 A sheet was often left for him in the ‘upmaking’ till the last possible moment.
2. Shipbuilding. (See quot. 1846.)
1846A. Young Naut. Dict. 357 Upmaking,..pieces of plank or timber piled on each other as a filling up; more especially those placed between the bilge-coads and the ship's bottom, preparatory to launching. 1883Scotsman 11 July 5/2 The upmaking never showed any signs of giving way until the vessel was well clear of the standing ways.
▪ II. ˈupˌmaking, ppl. a. Sc.
[up- 6 b.]
1. That makes up for a defect or lack.
1682R. Hamilton in M. Shields Faithful Contendings (1780) 40, I have found my Lord..ay the same up making, (and more than up making) portion. 1726Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 269 May he, by his Spirit, be assisting, comforting, and upmaking to you! 1729E. Erskine Serm. (1791) 336/1 Rest in him, and upon him, as our upmaking and everlasting all. [1852Chr. Treasury 405/2 God..is an upmaking portion;..he can supply the place of all things.]
2. Seeking acquaintance or intimacy.
1863Mrs. Carlyle Lett. (1882) III. 166 They were very..‘up-making’ to me, and pressed me to visit them. |