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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1827-1916
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‡UPHEEZE, v. Also upheese, upheize. To lift up, raise; to exalt, elate (Sc. 1808 Jam., Lnk. 1973). [ʌp′hiz]Fif. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry 75:
Ere they The kettle upheese frae the kleek.Gsw. 1868 J. Young Poems 151:
My hat upon my pow upheez't Wi' jaunty cock.Dmf. 1873 A. C. Gibson Folk-Speech 124:
Thickly flock aul' memories back wi' heart upheesing power.Gsw. 1877 A. G. Murdoch Laird's Lykewake 134:
My pen in critic ink I dook To up-heeze you.Edb. 1916 T. W. Paterson Wyse-Sayin's iv. 8:
Get guid understaun'in. Set her tapmaist, I'm sayin, An' yer life she'll upheize.
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