upseesprep.
pseudo-archaic.
(A misuse of upsee upsy prep.)
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1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake vi. 248 Off with thy liquor, Drink upsees out, and a fig for the vicar!
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. viii. 213 Here goes it, up seyes—to Varney and Leicester!
1842 D. Vedder Poems 184 And there was wassail in the court, And upsees in the hall.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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prep.1810- nectariums
- nectarivore
- nectarivorous
- negative gearing
- negative glow
- negative growth
- negative heliotropism
- negative income tax
- negative index
- negative instance
- negative nancy
- negative nelly
- negative oath
- negative option
- negative pedal
- negative phase sequence
- negative pledge
- negative pledge clause
- negative pregnance
- negative pregnant
- negative prescription
- negative pressure
- negative quantity
- negative resistance
- narrow-heartedness