upmakingn.
1. Scottish. The action of making up, in various senses.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > [noun]
bigginga1325
rearinga1325
buildingc1394
edifying1432
upbringing1484
rising?a1500
upmaking1513
upbigging1525
edification1549
erecting1553
structure1604
erection1614
compilementa1639
architecture1646
exstruction1652
built1654
edifice1663
fabric1730
upbuilding1732
builth1805
the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > compensation
compensation1387
countervailment1594
supererogating1617
equation1666
compensating1668
upmaking1669
requital1885
weightage1906
1513 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 84 The biggin and vpmakin of thar blokhouse for thair artailzerie.
1669 R. Fleming Fulfilling Script. 65 When they..compared their gain with their losse, their upmaking with these dayes of tryal.
1669 R. Fleming Fulfilling Script. 71 They have therein found a very sensible upmaking.
1856 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. (new ed.) II. 620/1 The average cost..did not exceed 15s. per acre.., with all necessary upmaking.
1897 M. Oliphant W. Blackwood II. xxii. 409 A sheet was often left for him in the ‘upmaking’ till the last possible moment.
2. Shipbuilding. (See quot. 1846.)
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > shipbuilding > strengthening materials
filling1794
upmaking1846
1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 357 Upmaking,..pieces of plank or timber piled on each other as a filling up; more especially those placed between the bilge-coads and the ship's bottom, preparatory to launching.
1883 Scotsman 11 July 5/2 The upmaking never showed any signs of giving way until the vessel was well clear of the standing ways.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
upmakingadj.
Scottish.
1. That makes up for a defect or lack.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [adjective] > compensating
witherc1175
recompensable1454
compensatory1601
remunerating1608
compensant1624
compensative1633
upmakinga1699
compensating1710
compensational1824
redeeming1827
indemnificatory1875
a1699 M. Shields in J. Howie Faithful Contendings Displayed (1780) 40 I have found my Lord..ay the same up making, (and more than up making) portion.
1726 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 269 May he, by his Spirit, be assisting, comforting, and upmaking to you!
1729 E. Erskine Serm. (1791) 336/1 Rest in him, and upon him, as our upmaking and everlasting all.
1852 Christian Treasury 405/2 God..is an upmaking portion;..he can supply the place of all things.]
2. Seeking acquaintance or intimacy.
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the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [adjective] > intimate or familiar > seeking acquaintance or intimacy
upmaking1863
1863 J. W. Carlyle Lett. (1882) III. 166 They were very..‘up-making’ to me, and pressed me to visit them.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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