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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.
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Up*set", v. i. To become upset.
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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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Up"set`, n. The act of upsetting, or the state of being upset; an overturn; as, the wagon had an upset.
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