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Definitions for: Upland
[n] elevated (e.g., mountainous) land
[adj] used of high or hilly country
Webster (1913) Definition: 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. (Zo["o]l.) See Moccasin.
Upland sandpiper, or Upland plover (Zo["o]l.), 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.
Synonyms: alpestrine, alpine, highland, highland(a), mountain(a), mountainous, subalpine
Antonyms: lowland, lowland
See Also: down, elevation, Highlands, natural elevation, plateau, tableland
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