2. (venery).—An act of coition taken standing; a knee-trembler (q.v.).
Go upright, phr. (Old Cant).—'Said by Taylers and Shoemakers, to their Servants, when any Money is given to make them Drink, and signifies, bring it all out in Drink, tho' the Donor intended less, and expects Change, or some return of Money' (B. E., 1696).
Upright-man, subs. phr. (Old
Cant).—The leader of a gang of
mendicants or thieves (see quot.
1561); 'the second rank of the
Canting Tribes, having sole right
to the first night's Lodging with
the Dells' (B. E.); 'a thorough-paced
and determined thief'
(Grose): see Curtail.
1561. Awdeley, Fraternitye of Vacabondes. An Vpright man is one that goeth wyth the trunchion of a staffe, which staffe they cal a Fellchman. This man is of so much authority that, meeting with any of his profession, he may cal them to accompt, and commaund a share or snap vnto him selfe of al that they haue gained by their trade in one moneth.
1567. Harman, Caveat, 75. A dell is a yonge wenche, able for generation, and not yet knowen or broken by the vpright man.
1611. Middleton, Roaring Girl [Dodsley, Old Plays (Reed), vi. 108]. Brother to this upright man, flesh and blood, ruffling Tear-cat is my name.
1622. Fletcher, Beggar's Bush, ii. 1. Come, princes of the ragged regiment, You of the blood,—Prigg, my most upright lord.
Uproar, subs. (old).—An opera:
cf. Roaratorio = oratorio.
1762. Stevens, Bartholomew Fair. We poor folk . . . old English ballads can sing-o, As they at their opperores outlandish ling-o.
Ups and Downs (The), subs. phr.
(military).—The second battalion
of The Welsh Regiment, formerly
the 69th Foot, the number being
read in position or upside-down.
Upsee-Dutch (Upsee-English,
Upsee-Freese), subs. phr. (old).—Conjecturally
a kind of heady
beer qualified by the name of the
brew. Hence upsee-freesy,
etc. = drunk: see Screwed; to
drink upsee-Dutch (English,
etc.) = to drink deeply, or in true
toper fashion according to the
custom of the country named.
Also Upsees.
1600. Letting-of Humours Blood in the Head-vaine. Tom is no more like thee then chalks like cheese, To pledge a health or to drinke up-se freese.
1606. Dekker, Seven Deadly Sins [Arber], 12. Were drunke according to all the learned rules of drunkenness, as upsy freeze, crambo, etc. Ibid. (1608), Belman of London, 26. Teach me—how to take the German's upsy-freeze, the Danish rowsa, etc.
1610. Jonson, Alchemist, iv. 4. I do not like the dulness of your eye. It hath a heavy cast, 'tis upsee Dutch.
[?]. The Shrift [Ellis, Spec., iii. 121]. For upse freeze he drank from four to nine, So as each sense was steeped well in wine.
1616. Times Whistle [E.E.T.S.], 60. He with his companions George and Rafe, Doe meet together to drink vpse-freeze Till they have made themselves as wise as geese.
1622. Massinger, Virgin Martyr, ii. 1. Bacchus, the god of brew'd wine and sugar, grand patron of rob-pots, upsy-freesy tipplers, and super-naculum topers.
1622. Fletcher, Beggar's Bush, iv. 4. The bowl, which must be upsey English, strong, lusty, London beer. Ibid., iii. 1. So, sit down, lads, And drink me upsey Dutch.
1630. Taylor, Works [Nares]. This valiant pot-leach that upon his knees Has drunke a thousand pottles up-se-freese.
1635. Heywood, Philocothonista, 45. One that drinks upse-freeze.
