† upseekingn.
Obsolete. rare.
A seeking after.
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the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [noun]
seeking1303
out-seekinga1382
searchinga1382
search1426
laita1500
searching out1531
hunting-down1542
fishing1548
research1577
upseeking1594
riping1815
questing1848
casting1856
1594 J. Lyly Mother Bombie v. iii. sig. I3v Ac. We shall haue good chere these foure dayes. Liu. And be fooles for euer. Si. Thats none of our vpseekings.
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upseekingadj.
(up- prefix 3c(b).)
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > [adjective] > looking upwards
uplookinga1340
upseeking1801
upstaring1835
upward-gazing1871
1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. xii. 325 Upseeking eyes suffused with transport-tears.
1846 J. Keble Lyra Innocentium 58 Or chanced the Thorny Crown her first upseeking glance to win?
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adj.1801- hammer and tongs
- hammer drill
- hammer horror
- hammer of thor
- hammer stall
- hammer-action
- hammer-and-tongs
- hammer-axe
- hammer-bar
- hammer-beam
- hammer-beat
- hammer-beater
- hammer-block
- hammer-blow
- hammer-bolt
- hammer-boy
- halfcaf halfdecaf
- halfcalf
- halfcannon
- halfcap
- halfcaponier
- halfcaptain
- halfcaptaincy
- halfcase
- halfcaser