UP'PER, a. comp. from up.
1. Higher in place as the upper lip the upper side of a thing. An upper story is a higher one the upper story is the highest. So the upper deck of a ship.
2. Superior in rank or dignity as the upper house of a legislature.
Upper hand, advantage superiority.
Upper-works, in a ship, the parts above water when the ship is properly balanced for a voyage or that part which is above the main wale.
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