Upper
Upper , adjective
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.
Collocations (11)
The upper hand , the superiority; the advantage. See To have the upper hand, under Hand. — Jowett (Thucyd.)
Upper Bench (Eng. Hist.) , the name of the highest court of common law (formerly King's Bench) during the Commonwealth.
Upper case , the top one of a pair of compositor's cases. See the Note under 1st Case, n., 3.
Upper covert (Zoology) , one of the coverts situated above the bases of the tail quills.
Upper deck (Nautical) , the topmost deck of any vessel; the spar deck.
Upper leather , the leather for the vamps and quarters of shoes.
Upper strake (Nautical) , the strake next to the deck, usually of hard wood, and heavier than the other strakes.
Upper ten thousand or Upper ten , the ten thousand, more or less, who are highest in position or wealth; the upper class; the aristocracy. [Colloquial]
Upper topsail (Nautical) , the upper half of a double topsail.
Upper works (Nautical) , all those parts of the hull of a vessel that are properly above water.
Upper world , (a) The atmosphere. (b) Heaven. (c) This world; the earth; -- in distinction from the underworld.
Upper , noun
The upper leather for a shoe; a vamp.