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upset
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Upset \Up*set"\, v. i. To become upset. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Upset \Up"set`\, a.
Set up; fixed; determined; -- used chiefly or only in the
phrase upset price; that is, the price fixed upon as the
minimum for property offered in a public sale, or, in an
auction, the price at which property is set up or started by
the auctioneer, and the lowest price at which it will be
sold.
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After a solemn pause, Mr. Glossin offered the upset
price for the lands and barony of Ellangowan. --Sir W.
Scott.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Upset \Up"set`\, n. The act of upsetting, or the state of being upset; an overturn; as, the wagon had an upset. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Upset \Up*set"\, v. t.
1. To set up; to put upright. [Obs.] "With sail on mast
upset." --R. of Brunne.
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2.
(a) To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by
hammering on the end.
(b) To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting,
originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends.
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3. To overturn, overthrow, or overset; as, to upset a
carriage; to upset an argument. "Determined somehow to
upset the situation." --Mrs. Humphry Ward.
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4. To disturb the self-possession of; to disorder the nerves
of; to make ill; as, the fright upset her. [Colloq.]
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5. (Basketwork) To turn upwards the outer ends of (stakes) so
as to make a foundation for the side of a basket or the
like; also, to form (the side) in this manner.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
