uplong

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English

Preposition

uplong (UK, dialect)

  1. 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.
  2. 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.