upput

English

Etymology

up- +‎ put

Verb

upput (third-person singular simple present upputs, present participle upputting, simple past and past participle upput)

1. (Scotland, obsolete, transitive) To put up; to erect; to raise.
   • 1896, Publications of the Scottish History Society, volume 24, page 161:

     […] a supply out of the said vacant stipend for upputting the bridge of Alness.

   • 1934, Andrew Beaumont Robertson, Annals of the Royal Burgh of Forres, page 54:

     By 29th October, 1655, the Council ordain John Layng "to upput the bridge and the burn betwixt the bridges" within ten days thereafter.