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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Upper \Up"per\, a.; comp. of {Up}.
Being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in place,
position, rank, dignity, or the like; superior; as, the upper
lip; the upper side of a thing; the upper house of a
legislature.
[1913 Webster]
{The upper hand}, the superiority; the advantage. See {To
have the upper hand}, under {Hand}. --Jowett (Thucyd.).
{Upper Bench} (Eng. Hist.), the name of the highest court of
common law (formerly King's Bench) during the
Commonwealth.
{Upper case}, the top one of a pair of compositor's cases.
See the Note under 1st {Case}, n., 3.
{Upper covert} (Zool.), one of the coverts situated above the
bases of the tail quills.
{Upper deck} (Naut.), the topmost deck of any vessel; the
spar deck.
{Upper leather}, the leather for the vamps and quarters of
shoes.
{Upper strake} (Naut.), the strake next to the deck, usually
of hard wood, and heavier than the other strakes.
{Upper ten thousand}, or (abbreviated) {Upper ten}, the ten
thousand, more or less, who are highest in position or
wealth; the upper class; the aristocracy. [Colloq.]
{Upper topsail} (Naut.), the upper half of a double topsail.
{Upper works} (Naut.), all those parts of the hull of a
vessel that are properly above water.
{Upper world}.
(a) The atmosphere.
(b) Heaven.
(c) This world; the earth; -- in distinction from the
{underworld}.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Upper \Up"per\, n.
The upper leather for a shoe; a vamp.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
upper
adj 1: the topmost one of two
2: higher in place or position; "the upper bunk"; "in the upper
center of the picture"; "the upper stories"
3: superior in rank or accomplishment; "the upper half of the
class"
n 1: the higher of two berths [syn: {upper berth}, {upper}]
2: piece of leather or synthetic material that forms the part of
a shoe or boot above the sole that encases the foot; "Uppers
come in many styles"
3: a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and
decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms
of depression [syn: {amphetamine}, {pep pill}, {upper},
{speed}]
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary [reverse index] [fd-tur-eng]:
u.
1. (kıs.) uncle, university, upper.
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