uplong
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English[edit]
Preposition[edit]
- Along in an upward direction.
- 1762, William Falconer, From the Shipwreck:
- Uplong the slipp'ry Masts the Yards ascend, / And stretch'd abroad the Canvass wings extend.
- Located in a direction considered up, such as toward a central place or up the road.
- 1963, Reginald Harrison Smythe, Healers on Horseback, page 107:
- Well, I did belong to keep a piece of soap, but six weeks back the woman uplong the next farm, 'er sent down and borrowed it.