upsettingn.

Etymology: up- prefix 3d. Compare upset v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: upˈsetting.

I. Senses relating to establishment in an upright position.

†1.

a. The action of setting up or erecting. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > vertical position > [noun] > setting upright

upsettingc1449

up-putting1513

erecting1553

erection1622

uprighting1881

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 156 The hauyng, and the vpsetting of ymagis.

1507 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1901) III. 261 For prenes to the pailȝoun and upsetting of it, x d.

1525 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 96 Ilk man of the said craft that settis up ane buth sall pay 40 schillingis at thare buth upsetting.

†b. Scottish. The action of raising to, or establishing in, position or power. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > [noun] > institution or founding

fasteningeOE

stablishinga1300

groundingc1380

stablingc1380

ordinancec1384

establishingc1400

foundationc1400

fundament1440

stablishment1444

institutionc1460

upsetting1470

erection1508

instituting1534

foundingc1540

erecting1553

constitution1582

establishment1596

plantation1605

instauration1614

institute1641

bottoming1642

ordaining1643

settlement1646

planting1702

incardination1897

1470 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. I. 133 He..confessed that he was cawser of the upsetynge of the Kynge of England that now is.

1560 in A. Macdonald & J. Dennistoun Misc. Maitland Club (1843) III. ii. 224 For avancement and upsetting of the Kingdome and glorie of God.

1571 G. Buchanan Admonitioun Trew Lordis sig. A.7 In doun putting of theifis, and vpsetting of Iustice.

1669 R. Fleming Fulfilling Script. 105 The Roman empire mouldred down for Antichrists upsetting.

1748 E. Erskine Serm. (1755) 327 What a pleasant Upsetting of Christ, and his Kingdom, would it be, to see him [etc.].

c. Agriculture. (See quot. 1784.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [noun] > ploughing in ridges

ridging1499

balking1549

raftering1724

round ridging1756

upsetting1784

rafter ridging1838

1784 Ann. Agric. 2 442 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. technical. (See quots. and upset v. 1c.)

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > forging or shaping > types or methods of

planishing1361

malleationc1429

flatting1611

gold beating1621

shingling1674

skelping1803

upsetting1815

swaging1832

drop-forginga1884

dinging1923

upending1932

1815 J. 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.

1845 Encycl. Metrop. VIII. 24 Having heated his iron rod, and thickened it by a process..called upsetting.

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2684/1 Shortening [a] tire, to enable it to bind the fellies more firmly, is called upsetting.

e. (See quot. 1859 and upset v. 3.)

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun] > process of bullet becoming bent

upsetting1859

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.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > [noun]

highing?c1225

heavinga1300

hancinga1382

arearing1382

hainingc1440

enhancing1490

elevation1526

raise1538

elation1578

heightening1598

raisure1613

exaltation1616

sublation1623

elevating1648

sublevation1663

upraising1839

uprearing1853

upsetting1882

updraw1912

1882 W. Besant All Sorts of Men II. xxviii. 207 The younger men..were quite sure..that with a little more upsetting and downpulling the balance would be set right.

g. Basketry. = upset n. 3c; the formation of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from other vegetable fibres > [noun] > randed work or basketry > waling > first section of

upset1907

upsetting1924

1924 C. Crampton Canework 13 Upsetting, the three or four rows [of weaving] worked at the commencement of the side..to ‘set’ the stakes in order.

1937 A. 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.

1953 A. G. Knock Willow Basket-work (ed. 5) 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.

1964 H. 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 n. 1. Also attributive. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > visit > [noun] > a reception of visitors > by woman after confinement

upsetting1501

upsitting1572

1501 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1900) II. 41 Giffin to the Maister Cuke that he bocht in Edinburgh to the ladyis upsetting fest,..viijs.

1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Up-setting-time, when the Child-bed woman gets up.

1746 Exmoor Courtship 22 Yow weren't zo skittesh..up to Daraty Vuzz's Up-zetting.

1814 Monthly Mag. Sept. 126/2 Upsetting, christening... [A word] peculiar to Exmoor.

†3. The action of setting up in a trade or occupation. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > setting up business or trade

upset1463

upsetting1569

1569 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 301 Eyther at ye daye of his vpsetting to his science or at the daye of his mariaidge.

1640 Capt. Underwit iv. v The musick at a Convocation of Catts upon a witches upsetting.

4. Scottish. An attempt to set oneself up above others; undue assumption of superiority or superior airs.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [noun] > action of

upsetting1821

1821 J. Galt Ann. Parish xxix. 256 Partly with upsetting, and partly by the eating rust of family pride.

1823 J. Galt Entail II. xxviii. 268 I declare if e'er I heard the like of sic upsetting.

II. Senses relating to overturning or disordering.

a. The action of overturning, or fact of being overturned.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [noun] > capsizing or upset

overthrowingc1330

subversiona1382

whelmingc1440

overseta1658

overturn1789

upset1804

capsize1807

whemmel1817

upsetting1819

purl1825

bouleversement1877

capsizal1881

1819 T. Moore Mem. (1853) III. 85 Two men on each side of our carriage all the way, to keep it from upseting.

1820 Wordsw. in C. Wordsw. Mem. (1851) II. 103 Of these, one..was drowned..by the upsetting of a boat in a storm.

1860 Builder 14 Jan. 31/2 Brickwork..thrown down by the accidental upsetting of a water-tank.

1873 J. O. Brookfield Not a Heroine I. 218 It was an accident—the upsetting of a cart.

b. The action of overthrowing, demolishing, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > overthrow of a person, institution, belief, etc.

fallOE

confusionc1290

subversiona1325

overthrowingc1330

overturninga1398

downcasta1400

wrackc1400

downcastingc1425

eversionc1425

profligationc1475

demolitionc1550

overturec1555

wreck1577

overturnc1592

racking?1689

upsetting1827

subversal1843

demolishment1884

1827 Wordsw. in C. Wordsw. Mem. (1851) II. 21 The upsetting of so diabolical a system as Buonaparte's.

1841 S. Warren Ten Thousand a Year i. vi The dismal upsetting of his hopes.

1860 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1861) III. cxli. 121 All the danger attending the upsetting a nest of thieves.

c. A dislocation, disturbance, upset.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun] > instance of

viretotec1386

moving?a1439

reela1450

stir1487

songa1500

pirrie1536

hurly-burly1548

make-a-do1575

confusions1599

the hunt is upa1625

ruffle1642

fuss1701

fraction1721

fizza1734

dust1753

noration1773

steeriea1776

splorea1791

rook1808

piece of work1810

curfuffle1813

squall1813

rookerya1820

stushie1824

shindy1829

shine1832

hurroosh1836

fustle1839

upsetting1847

shinty1848

ructions1862

vex1862

houp-la1870

set-out1875

hoodoo1876

tingle-tangle1880

shemozzle1885

take-on1893

dust-up1897

hoo-ha1931

tra-la-la1933

gefuffle1943

tzimmes1945

kerfuffle1946

1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Upsetting, a disagreement; a quarrel. South.

1881 , 1887 in Isle of Wight and Kent glossaries.

1884 Manch. Examiner 25 Nov. 5/2 We have two or three agitations and upsettings when one would have sufficed.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

upsettingadj.

Etymology: up- prefix 3c(b). Compare upset v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: upˈsetting.

1. Scottish. Presumptuous; unduly aspiring, ambitious, or forward.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > self-assertiveness > [adjective]

crousea1400

crank1499

cockish1551

forward1561

forthyc1565

forthputting?1577

perching1579

perk1579

perking?1584

officious1596

pratchant1596

putting-forth1621

obtrusive1652

petulcous1661

pushing1682

coxy1728

cocky1768

bumptious1801

furthy1808

upsetting1817

perky1820

self-asserting1821

protrusive1841

self-assertive1849

aggressive1855

self-assertory1867

perkisha1870

pushful1871

pushy1874

forritsome1894

chesty1900

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. ix. 266 That lang-tongued, conceited, upsetting, serving-man o' yours.

1822 J. Galt Provost xlii. 308 He was by nature and inclination one of the upsetting sort.

1854 H. Keddie Phemie Millar 151 Their poor upsetting attempts at gentility.

in combination.1824 S. Ferrier Inheritance II. xxxiv. 362 He's a proud, upsetting-like puppy.

2. Overturning, overthrowing, disturbing, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > [adjective] > causing

unrestfulc1384

uneasy1483

uneaseful1515

unquiet1534

turmoiling?1550

perturbing1559

disquieting1576

disturbing1594

uncomfortable1599

tumultuous1604

disturbanta1617

disquietous1619

perturbatious1630

ugly1645

discomposing1663

unsettling1665

disquietfula1677

disordering1744

disconcerting?1749

pothering1817

disturbative1842

unsteadying1865

upsetting1872

shattering1924

off-putting1935

neuralgic1977

society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > revolution > [adjective] > overthrowing

upsetting1872

1872 W. Bagehot Physics & Politics v. 163 A new idea..is, as common people say, so ‘upsetting’.

1899 Westm. Gaz. 8 June 2/2 A most upsetting amendment to the Service Franchise Bill.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	upsetting
释义	upsettingn. Etymology: up- prefix 3d. Compare upset v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: upˈsetting. I. Senses relating to establishment in an upright position. †1. a. The action of setting up or erecting. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > vertical position > [noun] > setting upright upsettingc1449 up-putting1513 erecting1553 erection1622 uprighting1881 c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 156 The hauyng, and the vpsetting of ymagis. 1507 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1901) III. 261 For prenes to the pailȝoun and upsetting of it, x d. 1525 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 96 Ilk man of the said craft that settis up ane buth sall pay 40 schillingis at thare buth upsetting. †b. Scottish. The action of raising to, or establishing in, position or power. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > [noun] > institution or founding fasteningeOE stablishinga1300 groundingc1380 stablingc1380 ordinancec1384 establishingc1400 foundationc1400 fundament1440 stablishment1444 institutionc1460 upsetting1470 erection1508 instituting1534 foundingc1540 erecting1553 constitution1582 establishment1596 plantation1605 instauration1614 institute1641 bottoming1642 ordaining1643 settlement1646 planting1702 incardination1897 1470 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. I. 133 He..confessed that he was cawser of the upsetynge of the Kynge of England that now is. 1560 in A. Macdonald & J. Dennistoun Misc. Maitland Club (1843) III. ii. 224 For avancement and upsetting of the Kingdome and glorie of God. 1571 G. Buchanan Admonitioun Trew Lordis sig. A.7 In doun putting of theifis, and vpsetting of Iustice. 1669 R. Fleming Fulfilling Script. 105 The Roman empire mouldred down for Antichrists upsetting. 1748 E. Erskine Serm. (1755) 327 What a pleasant Upsetting of Christ, and his Kingdom, would it be, to see him [etc.]. c. Agriculture. (See quot. 1784.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [noun] > ploughing in ridges ridging1499 balking1549 raftering1724 round ridging1756 upsetting1784 rafter ridging1838 1784 Ann. Agric. 2 442 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. technical. (See quots. and upset v. 1c.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > forging or shaping > types or methods of planishing1361 malleationc1429 flatting1611 gold beating1621 shingling1674 skelping1803 upsetting1815 swaging1832 drop-forginga1884 dinging1923 upending1932 1815 J. 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. 1845 Encycl. Metrop. VIII. 24 Having heated his iron rod, and thickened it by a process..called upsetting. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2684/1 Shortening [a] tire, to enable it to bind the fellies more firmly, is called upsetting. e. (See quot. 1859 and upset v. 3.) ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun] > process of bullet becoming bent upsetting1859 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.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > [noun] highing?c1225 heavinga1300 hancinga1382 arearing1382 hainingc1440 enhancing1490 elevation1526 raise1538 elation1578 heightening1598 raisure1613 exaltation1616 sublation1623 elevating1648 sublevation1663 upraising1839 uprearing1853 upsetting1882 updraw1912 1882 W. Besant All Sorts of Men II. xxviii. 207 The younger men..were quite sure..that with a little more upsetting and downpulling the balance would be set right. g. Basketry. = upset n. 3c; the formation of this. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from other vegetable fibres > [noun] > randed work or basketry > waling > first section of upset1907 upsetting1924 1924 C. Crampton Canework 13 Upsetting, the three or four rows [of weaving] worked at the commencement of the side..to ‘set’ the stakes in order. 1937 A. 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. 1953 A. G. Knock Willow Basket-work (ed. 5) 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. 1964 H. 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 n. 1. Also attributive. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > visit > [noun] > a reception of visitors > by woman after confinement upsetting1501 upsitting1572 1501 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1900) II. 41 Giffin to the Maister Cuke that he bocht in Edinburgh to the ladyis upsetting fest,..viijs. 1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Up-setting-time, when the Child-bed woman gets up. 1746 Exmoor Courtship 22 Yow weren't zo skittesh..up to Daraty Vuzz's Up-zetting. 1814 Monthly Mag. Sept. 126/2 Upsetting, christening... [A word] peculiar to Exmoor. †3. The action of setting up in a trade or occupation. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > setting up business or trade upset1463 upsetting1569 1569 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 301 Eyther at ye daye of his vpsetting to his science or at the daye of his mariaidge. 1640 Capt. Underwit iv. v The musick at a Convocation of Catts upon a witches upsetting. 4. Scottish. An attempt to set oneself up above others; undue assumption of superiority or superior airs. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [noun] > action of upsetting1821 1821 J. Galt Ann. Parish xxix. 256 Partly with upsetting, and partly by the eating rust of family pride. 1823 J. Galt Entail II. xxviii. 268 I declare if e'er I heard the like of sic upsetting. II. Senses relating to overturning or disordering. 5. a. The action of overturning, or fact of being overturned. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [noun] > capsizing or upset overthrowingc1330 subversiona1382 whelmingc1440 overseta1658 overturn1789 upset1804 capsize1807 whemmel1817 upsetting1819 purl1825 bouleversement1877 capsizal1881 1819 T. Moore Mem. (1853) III. 85 Two men on each side of our carriage all the way, to keep it from upseting. 1820 Wordsw. in C. Wordsw. Mem. (1851) II. 103 Of these, one..was drowned..by the upsetting of a boat in a storm. 1860 Builder 14 Jan. 31/2 Brickwork..thrown down by the accidental upsetting of a water-tank. 1873 J. O. Brookfield Not a Heroine I. 218 It was an accident—the upsetting of a cart. b. The action of overthrowing, demolishing, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > overthrow of a person, institution, belief, etc. fallOE confusionc1290 subversiona1325 overthrowingc1330 overturninga1398 downcasta1400 wrackc1400 downcastingc1425 eversionc1425 profligationc1475 demolitionc1550 overturec1555 wreck1577 overturnc1592 racking?1689 upsetting1827 subversal1843 demolishment1884 1827 Wordsw. in C. Wordsw. Mem. (1851) II. 21 The upsetting of so diabolical a system as Buonaparte's. 1841 S. Warren Ten Thousand a Year i. vi The dismal upsetting of his hopes. 1860 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1861) III. cxli. 121 All the danger attending the upsetting a nest of thieves. c. A dislocation, disturbance, upset. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun] > instance of viretotec1386 moving?a1439 reela1450 stir1487 songa1500 pirrie1536 hurly-burly1548 make-a-do1575 confusions1599 the hunt is upa1625 ruffle1642 fuss1701 fraction1721 fizza1734 dust1753 noration1773 steeriea1776 splorea1791 rook1808 piece of work1810 curfuffle1813 squall1813 rookerya1820 stushie1824 shindy1829 shine1832 hurroosh1836 fustle1839 upsetting1847 shinty1848 ructions1862 vex1862 houp-la1870 set-out1875 hoodoo1876 tingle-tangle1880 shemozzle1885 take-on1893 dust-up1897 hoo-ha1931 tra-la-la1933 gefuffle1943 tzimmes1945 kerfuffle1946 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Upsetting, a disagreement; a quarrel. South. 1881 , 1887 in Isle of Wight and Kent glossaries. 1884 Manch. Examiner 25 Nov. 5/2 We have two or three agitations and upsettings when one would have sufficed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). upsettingadj. Etymology: up- prefix 3c(b). Compare upset v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: upˈsetting. 1. Scottish. Presumptuous; unduly aspiring, ambitious, or forward. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > self-assertiveness > [adjective] crousea1400 crank1499 cockish1551 forward1561 forthyc1565 forthputting?1577 perching1579 perk1579 perking?1584 officious1596 pratchant1596 putting-forth1621 obtrusive1652 petulcous1661 pushing1682 coxy1728 cocky1768 bumptious1801 furthy1808 upsetting1817 perky1820 self-asserting1821 protrusive1841 self-assertive1849 aggressive1855 self-assertory1867 perkisha1870 pushful1871 pushy1874 forritsome1894 chesty1900 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. ix. 266 That lang-tongued, conceited, upsetting, serving-man o' yours. 1822 J. Galt Provost xlii. 308 He was by nature and inclination one of the upsetting sort. 1854 H. Keddie Phemie Millar 151 Their poor upsetting attempts at gentility. in combination.1824 S. Ferrier Inheritance II. xxxiv. 362 He's a proud, upsetting-like puppy. 2. Overturning, overthrowing, disturbing, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > [adjective] > causing unrestfulc1384 uneasy1483 uneaseful1515 unquiet1534 turmoiling?1550 perturbing1559 disquieting1576 disturbing1594 uncomfortable1599 tumultuous1604 disturbanta1617 disquietous1619 perturbatious1630 ugly1645 discomposing1663 unsettling1665 disquietfula1677 disordering1744 disconcerting?1749 pothering1817 disturbative1842 unsteadying1865 upsetting1872 shattering1924 off-putting1935 neuralgic1977 society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > revolution > [adjective] > overthrowing upsetting1872 1872 W. Bagehot Physics & Politics v. 163 A new idea..is, as common people say, so ‘upsetting’. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 8 June 2/2 A most upsetting amendment to the Service Franchise Bill. 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