To, into, or in a higher physical position.

In, occupying, or so as to occupy a higher or the highest position or place.

To or in a loftier place or position; higher, further up.

Higher locally; further up; at or to a greater altitude. (In later use Scottish)

Chiefly Anatomy. In a higher position or place; in the upper part, above. Also: in an upward direction; to a higher position.

= upward, adv. 3.

In physical sense: in or into a higher position; higher; upward. Chiefly poetic. Obsolete.