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To set up; to put upright. |
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To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by
hammering on the end. |
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To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting,
originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends. |
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To overturn, overthrow, or overset; as, to upset a
carriage; to upset an argument. |
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To disturb the self-possession of; to disorder the nerves
of; to make ill; as, the fright upset her. |
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To become upset. |
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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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The act of upsetting, or the state of being upset; an
overturn; as, the wagon had an upset. |
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