Definition of Uplnd
Up"land (?), n. 1. High
land; ground elevated above the meadows and intervals which lie on the
banks of rivers, near the sea, or between hills; land which is generally
dry; -- opposed to lowland, meadow, marsh,
swamp, interval, and the like.
2. The country, as distinguished from the
neighborhood of towns. [Obs.]
Up"land, a. 1. Of or
pertaining to uplands; being on upland; high in situation; as,
upland inhabitants; upland pasturage.
Sometimes, with secure delight
The upland hamlets will invite. Milton.
2. Pertaining to the country, as distinguished from
the neighborhood of towns; rustic; rude; unpolished. [Obs.] " The
race of upland giants." Chapman.
Upland moccasin. (Zoöl.) See
Moccasin. -- Upland sandpiper, or
Upland plover (Zoöl.), a large American
sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) much valued as a game bird. Unlike
most sandpipers, it frequents fields and uplands. Called also Bartramian
sandpiper, Bartram's tattler, field plover, grass
plover, highland plover, hillbird, humility,
prairie plover, prairie pigeon, prairie snipe,
papabote, quaily, and uplander. -- Upland
sumach (Bot.), a North American shrub of the genus
Rhus (Rhus glabra), used in tanning and dyeing.
Up"land (?), n. 1. High
land; ground elevated above the meadows and intervals which lie on the
banks of rivers, near the sea, or between hills; land which is generally
dry; -- opposed to lowland, meadow, marsh,
swamp, interval, and the like.
2. The country, as distinguished from the
neighborhood of towns. [Obs.]
Up"land, a. 1. Of or
pertaining to uplands; being on upland; high in situation; as,
upland inhabitants; upland pasturage.
Sometimes, with secure delight
The upland hamlets will invite. Milton.
2. Pertaining to the country, as distinguished from
the neighborhood of towns; rustic; rude; unpolished. [Obs.] " The
race of upland giants." Chapman.
Upland moccasin. (Zoöl.) See
Moccasin. -- Upland sandpiper, or
Upland plover (Zoöl.), a large American
sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) much valued as a game bird. Unlike
most sandpipers, it frequents fields and uplands. Called also Bartramian
sandpiper, Bartram's tattler, field plover, grass
plover, highland plover, hillbird, humility,
prairie plover, prairie pigeon, prairie snipe,
papabote, quaily, and uplander. -- Upland
sumach (Bot.), a North American shrub of the genus
Rhus (Rhus glabra), used in tanning and dyeing.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- the area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation; often hilly, but not generally mountainous (compare highlands)
- of, relating to, or situated in the uplands
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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