dupv.
/dʌp/ dialect or archaic.
transitive. To open.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [verb (transitive)] > a door, gate, etc.
to do upOE
to-thrustc1175
to weve upc1275
unshutc1315
to set upa1387
unyarka1400
to let up1400
yark upc1400
reclude?1440
dupa1549
dub1699
a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) i. 122 Dup the dore, gos!
a1566 R. Edwards Damon & Pithias (1571) sig. Fj Will they not dup the gate tooday?
1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. v. 52 The yong man rose, and dan'd his clothes, And dupt the chamber doore.
1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 14 If we..dup the Giger.
1785 in F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue
1865 S. Evans Brother Fabian's MSS 5 ‘Now dup the gate’, quoth the king's men, ‘So quickly as ye may’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
<
v.a1549