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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1637
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Up, n. [e.m.E. uppe (1536), vp (1602).] A rise in the ground. Only in fig. context. — 1637 Rutherford Lett. (1664) 32.
But Oh the windings, the turnings, the up's & the down's that He hath led me through
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