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1828 Definition

UPSET', v.t. [up and set.] To overturn; to overthrow; to overset; as a carriage.

1913 Definition
Upset (upset)
v. t.(?)
Up*set"
  1. To set up; to put upright.
    [Obs.] "With sail on mast upset." R. of Brunne.
  2. To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end.
    (b)
  3. To overturn, overthrow, or overset; as, to upset a carriage; to upset an argument.
    "Determined somehow to upset the situation." Mrs. Humphry Ward.
  4. To disturb the self-possession of; to disorder the nerves of; to make ill; as, the fright upset her.
    [Colloq.]
  5. To become upset.
  6. 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.

    After a solemn pause, Mr. Glossin offered the upset price for the lands and barony of Ellangowan. Sir W. Scott.

  7. The act of upsetting, or the state of being upset; an overturn; as, the wagon had an upset.
  8. 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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