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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Upheis, -heys, -hoise, v. P.t. uphesit, -yt, -heissit, wphesit. P.p. upheyst. [e.m.E. uphoyst p.p. (1557), vphoysing pres. p. (1582); Heis(e v., Hese v.] tr. To lift or pull up; to raise. Also ellipt., and fig.pres. 1513 Doug. xiii x 70.
[They] Sall mak thame goddis and thame deify And thame vpheis [Sm. vpheys] full hie abufe the sky(b) 1660 Fugitive Poetry II xxxi 1/6.
Weigh anchors, mariners, your sails up hoisep.t. 1513 Doug. iii viii 113.
The swelland swyrl vphesyt [Sm. wphesit, Ruddim. vphesit] ws til hevyn 1513 Doug. xii v 213.
Vphesit he hys braid ax rude and squair c1590 J. Stewart 237 § 151.
Scho … vith hir holie hand vpheissit me, As Christ did Petir, sinking in the sieellipt. 1513 Doug. xii viii 30.
Ȝon bub sall … Doun bet our cornys and by the ruyt vpheisfig. c1590 J. Stewart 138 §8.
I froune, I fant [etc.] … Vpheyst vith hoip, and drounit in despair