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ˈup-bank, adv. and a. [up prep.2] 1. adv. Upwards. north. dial.
1760–in Eng. Dial. Dict. 1808[see bank n.1 2 b]. 2. adj. (See quot.)
1883R. H. Scott Elem. Meteor. 213 The well-known phenomenon of ‘up-bank thaw’, when it thaws on the hills, while the frost is unbroken in the valleys below. |