up-riveradj.n.
/ˈʌpˌrɪvə/ Originally U.S.
A. adj.
a. Belonging to, situated, etc., farther up, or towards the upper end of, a river.
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the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [adjective] > situated up-river
up-river1774
upstream1838
1774 I. Litchfield Jrnl. 19 Apr. in W. J. Litchfield Litchfield Family in Amer. (1906) i. 334 I..ordered them to meet at upriver meeting house by the Sun an hour high Compleat in arms with 4 Days provision.
1857 Trans. Michigan Agric. Soc. 8 732 Charming villages are also rapidly springing into existence along the up river bank of the Grand River in this country.
1877 Encycl. Brit. VII. 648/1 The fine ‘up-river’ quality [of cocoa].
1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 17 Apr. 5/2 The advantages offered by the up-river docks.
1899 A. H. Keane Man Past & Pres. 241 The forest and up-river Dyaks.
b. Leading or directed towards the source of a river.
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the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [adjective] > directed up-river
upward1731
upstream1826
up-river1836
1836 Southern Literary Messenger 2 698/1 I had never imagined that any thing half so grand..awaited us on our up-river jaunt.
1857 W. Chandless Visit Salt Lake i. i. i I passed a few days there, waiting for an up-river boat.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 319 Wending his way along the ‘up-river’ road.
1893 D. J. Rankin Zambesi Basin vi. 95 We proceeded on our up-river journey.
B. n.
The district lying farther up a river.
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the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > land near river > [noun] > up river
up-river1902
1902 S. E. White Blazed Trail xix If the men from up-river come by.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
up-riveradv.
/ˌʌpˈrɪvə/, U.S. /ˌəpˈrɪvər/ Towards or in the direction of the source of a river.
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the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [adverb] > up-river
up847
abovec1330
upstream1681
up-river1848
1848 H. D. Thoreau in Union Mag. Nov. 220/2 Only a few axe-men have gone ‘up river’ into the howling wilderness which feeds it.
1887 Harper's Mag. Apr. 667/1 Logs were usually cut and hauled in summer-time to the banks of streams, often a long distance ‘up-river’.
1902 S. E. White Conjuror's House vi. 76 A light wind breathed up-river from the bay.
1929 H. Belloc Joan of Arc ii. 38 He had been all day up-river in the marshes shooting quail.
1981 M. Nabb Death of Englishman i. i. 25 Upriver the ghost of the Ponte Vecchio..was straddling nothing.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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