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up-ˈending, vbl. n.
[f. up-end v. + -ing1.]
1. Metall. = upsetting vbl. n. 1 d.
1932E. Gregory Metall. ii. 63 Up-ending adds to the cost..but yields a material which is more reliable. 1958A. D. Merriman Dict. Metall. 374/2 Upending, a forging process in which the axis of the material is shortened and the cross-section—usually locally—increased.
2. The act or process of setting something on its end; an act of turning upside down. Freq. fig.
1968C. Watson Charity ends at Home x. 117 Within three hours of Doctor Fergusson's laying down his scalpel and trotting fussily to the telephone, there had followed along those same mysteriously efficient channels the assertion that she had died of a felonious upending. 1978Washington Post 18 Oct. a17/5 The upending of welfare-reform expectations will be attributed to the fundamental badness of the poor. 1985Ibid. 16 June g7/2 Having solved the problems of..the graceful methods of upending while keeping a firm grasp upon said libation, we find ourselves faced with another etiquette dilemma. 1987N.Y. Times 16 Aug. 70/3 Britten's delicate music simply cannot bear this lopsided upending of balances.
3. Oil Industry. The manoeuvring of an offshore oil platform into an upright position.
1976Physics Bull. Nov. 510/1 The up-ending was achieved by controlled flooding of the ballast tanks in the main legs of the platform. 1983Offshore Apr. 53/1 In addition, one-half of this buoyancy will be required during installation for holding the upper end of the tower above water during upending and maintaining stability while the guy lines are being attached. |