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The upper side; the part that is uppermost.

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  1. n. The upper side; the part that is uppermost.
  2. n. the highest or uppermost side of anything
  3. The upper side; the part that is uppermost. To be upsides with, to be even with. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Sir W. Scott. T. Hughes. -- Upside down. Etym: [Perhaps a corruption of OE. up so down, literally, up as down.] With the upper part undermost; hence, in confusion; in complete disorder; topsy-turvy. Shak. These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also. Acts xvii. 6.
  4. The upper side; the part that is uppermost. To be upsides with,to be even with. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Sir W. Scott. T. Hughes.-- Upside down. Etym: [Perhaps a corruption of OE. up so down,literally, up as down.] With the upper part undermost; hence, inconfusion; in complete disorder; topsy-turvy. Shak.These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also.Acts xvii. 6.
  5. n:100 n the highest or uppermost side of anything