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▪ I. upˈsetting, vbl. n.
[up- 7. Cf. upset v.]
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a. The action of setting up or erecting. Obs.
c1449Pecock Repr. ii. iv. 156 The hauyng, and the vpsetting of ymagis. 1507Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scotl. III. 261 For prenes to the pailȝoun and upsetting of it, x d. 1525Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 96 Ilk man of the said craft that settis up ane buth sall pay 40 schillingis at thare buth upsetting.
†b. Sc. The action of raising to, or establishing in, position or power. Obs.
1470in Ellis Orig. Lett. I. 133 He..confessed that he was cawser of the upsetynge of the Kynge of England that now is. 1560Maitl. Cl. Misc. III. 224 For avancement and upsetting of the Kingdome and glorie of God. 1570Buchanan Admon. Wks. (1892) 27 In doun putting of thevis and upsetting of justice. 1669R. Fleming Fulfill. Script. (1671) I. 151 The Roman empire mouldred down for Antichrist's upsetting. 1748E. Erskine Serm. (1755) 327 What a pleasant Upsetting of Christ, and his Kingdom, would it be, to see him [etc.].
c. Agric. (See quot.)
1785A. Young Annals Agric. II. 442, I saw them ploughing their fallows;..they do not ridge up, what is called up-setting in some parts, that is, raising the centers much higher than the furrows.
d. techn. (See quots. and upset v. 1 c.)
1815J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 11 When it is required to thicken any part of a bar of iron without welding, the operation called upsetting must be resorted to. 1831–3Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VIII. 24 Having heated his iron rod, and thickened it by a process..called upsetting. 1875Knight Dict. Mech. 2684/1 Shortening [a] tire, to enable it to bind the fellies more firmly, is called upsetting.
e. (See quot. and upset v. 3.)
1859‘Stonehenge’ Shot-Gun 306 By upsetting is to be understood the turning sideways of an elongated ball.
f. The action of raising or building up. nonce-use.
1882Besant All Sorts xxviii. (1898) 191 The younger men..were quite sure.. that with a little more upsetting and downpulling the balance would be set right.
g. Basketry. = upset n. 3 c; the formation of this.
1924C. Crampton Canework 13 Upsetting, the three or four rows [of weaving] worked at the commencement of the side..to ‘set’ the stakes in order. 1937A. H. Crampton Raffia Wk. & Basketry ii. ii. 44 The first row of upsetting is worked with four canes, each passing in front of three stakes and behind one. 1953A. G. Knock Willow Basket-Wk. 20 The number of rounds of waling forming the upsetting should, in fine basket-work, never be less than two, and seldom less than three. 1964H. Hodges Artifacts x. 146 Waling was frequently used at the base of baskets in order to hold the upright stakes securely..in which case it is..referred to as upsetting.
†2. = upsitting vbl. n. 1. Also attrib. Obs.
1501Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scotl. (1900) II. 41 Giffin to the Maister Cuke that he bocht in Edinburgh to the ladyis upsetting fest,..viijs. 1676Coles, Up-setting-time, when the Child-bed woman gets up. 1746Exmoor Courtship (E.D.S.) 380 You werent so skittish..up to Darathy Vuzz's Up-setting. 1814Monthly Mag. Sept. 126/2 Upsetting, christening... [A word] peculiar to Exmoor.
†3. The action of setting up in a trade or occupation. Obs.
1569Wills & Inv. N.C. (Surtees, 1835) 301 Eyther at ye daye of his vpsetting to his science or at the daye of his mariaidge. 1640[Shirley] Capt. Underwit iv. v, The musick at a Convocation of Catts upon a witches upsetting.
4. Sc. An attempt to set oneself up above others; undue assumption of superiority or superior airs.
1821Galt Ann. Parish xxix, Partly with upsetting, and partly by the eating rust of family pride. 1823― Entail lxiv, I declare if e'er I heard the like of sic upsetting.
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5. a. The action of overturning, or fact of being overturned.
1819Moore Mem. (1853) III. 85 Two men on each side of our carriage all the way, to keep it from upseting. 1820Wordsw. in C. Wordsw. Mem. (1851) II. 103 Of these, one..was drowned..by the upsetting of a boat in a storm. 1860Builder 14 Jan. 31/2 Brickwork..thrown down by the accidental upsetting of a water-tank. 1873J. O. Brookfield Not a Heroine I. 218 It was an accident—the upsetting of a cart.
b. The action of overthrowing, demolishing, etc.
1827Wordsw. in C. Wordsw. Mem. (1851) II. 21 The upsetting of so diabolical a system as Buonaparte's. 1841S. Warren Ten Thousand a Year i. vi, The dismal upsetting of his hopes. 1860Gen. P. Thompson Audi Alt. Part. III. cxli. 121 All the danger attending the upsetting a nest of thieves.
c. A dislocation, disturbance, upset.
1847Halliwell, Upsetting, a disagreement; a quarrel. South. 1881,1887in Isle of Wight and Kent glossaries. 1884Manch. Exam. 25 Nov. 5/2 We have two or three agitations and upsettings when one would have sufficed.
▪ II. upˈsetting, ppl. a.
[up- 6 b. Cf. upset v.]
1. Sc. Presumptuous; unduly aspiring, ambitious, or forward.
1818Scott Rob Roy xxxvi, That lang-tongued, conceited, upsetting serving-man o' yours. 1822Galt Provost xlii, He was by nature and inclination one of the upsetting sort. 1854[‘Sarah Tytler‘] P. Millar 151 Their poor upsetting attempts at gentility.
Comb.1824S. E. Ferrier Inher. lxvi, He's a proud, upsetting-like puppy.
2. Overturning, overthrowing, disturbing, etc.
1872Bagehot Physics & Pol. v. 163 A new idea..is, as common people say, so ‘upsetting’. 1899Westm. Gaz. 8 June 2/2 A most upsetting amendment to the Service Franchise Bill. |