Upper
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Being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in place,position, rank, dignity, or the like; superior; as, the upper lip;the upper side of a thing; the upper house of a legislature. Theupper hand, the superiority; the advantage. See To have the upperhand, under Hand. Jowett (Thucyd.).-- Upper Bench (Eng. Hist.), the name of the highest court of commonlaw (formerly King's Bench) during the Commonwealth.-- Upper case, the top one of a pair of compositor's cases. See theNote under 1st Case, n., 3.-- Upper covert (Zoöl.), one of the coverts situated above the basesof the tail quills.-- Upper deck (Naut.), the topmost deck of any vessel; the spardeck.-- Upper leather, the leather for the vamps and quarters of shoes.-- Upper strake (Naut.), the strake next to the deck, usually ofhard wood, and heavier than the other strakes.-- Upper ten thousand, or (abbreviated) Upper ten, the ten thousand,more or less, who are highest in position or wealth; the upper class;the aristocracy. [Colloq.] -- Upper topsail (Naut.), the upper halfof a double topsail.-- Upper works (Naut.), all those parts of the hull of a vessel thatare properly above water.-- Upper world. (a) The atmosphere. (b) Heaven. (c) This world; theearth; -- in distinction from the underworld.
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Stimulating [pill] or [drug], e.g. [speed] or [meth]; see [whites]
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the opposite of downer. a person who can lighten the mood and make you feel better without even trying. a person who you feel came into your life just to make you feel happier about everything.
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A greeting, usually reserved for close friends and often preceded by what. Can be expressed as a question or a declarative statement.
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