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▪ I. ˈupshot, n.
[up- 2. Cf. upshoot n. 1, -shut.]
†1. A final shot in a match at archery; chiefly fig., a closing or parting shot. Obs.
1531Privy Purse Exp. Hen. VIII (1827) 143 Item [paid] to the same Coton for one up shotte that he wanne of the kinges grace, vj s. viij d. 1575Laneham Let. (1871) 54 Wel, to this number of biniteez, take ye one mo for an vpshot, & heer an eend. 1589Nashe Anat. Absurd. Ep. Ded. 4 Euery man shotte his bolte, but this was the vpshot, that England afforded many mediocrities. 1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. lxv. §12 As for their last vpshot of all towards this marke, they are of opinion [etc.]. 1614Jackson Creed iii. i. §13 As it were for an vp-shot to all the fooles thunderbolts they had let flie before. 1618Bolton Florus (1636) 56 That event which vertue was about to have given heere, for an upshot, or clozing Victory, fortune gave.
†2. A mark or end aimed at. Obs.
1591Spenser M. Hubberd 770 The onely vpshot whereto he doth ayme. 1595Locrine iii. ii. 45 Our regall minde, Which aimes at nothing but a golden crowne, The only vp⁓shot of mine enterprises. 1610Healey St. Aug. Citie of God A 3 b, They could not come to the vpshotte of their desires but in the time of warre. 1660H. More Myst. Godl. iv. ix. 121 The Ephesians erecting the Image of Hercules.., which is a sign that Pagan Idolatry was the upshot of the plot. 1754Sherlock Disc. i. 21 The Upshot of all Religion is to please God.
†3. An end, conclusion, or termination. Obs.
c1580Stanyhurst æneis, etc. (Arb.) 152 Vertuus he liued, through grace that vertuus eended. What may be then better, than a godly and gratius vpshot? 1595Southwell St. Peter's Compl., etc. 55 Death cals her vp, shame driues her out, Despaires her vp-shot make. a1617Bayne On Eph. (1658) 70 Through fear of death the upshot of evils. 1639S. Du Verger tr. Camus' Admir. Events 73 To cast him into his grave, and to make a ridiculous upshot of his life. 1662Hibbert Body Divinity ii. 113 They were sung at the departure of the people out of the temple, for an upshot to their divine service.
†b. The climax or completion of something.
1586T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. i. 17 For the upshot and perfection of all happines and felicitie in this world.
c. The extreme limit. Also attrib.
1669Boyer Dict. Royal ii. s.v., A gay Coat and a Grimace is the upshot of what he can pretend to. 1838De Quincey Wks. (1890) XII. 158 We account it frailty that threescore years and ten make the upshot of man's pleasurable existence. 1864Field 23 July 62/1 The odds in this instance were of a more moderate character than those ventured at Liverpool, 4 to 1 being her upshot price.
4. The result, issue, or conclusion (of some course of action, etc.).
In very frequent use from c 1830.
1604Shakes. Ham. v. ii. 395 So shall you heare..Of accidentall iudgements,..And in this vpshot, purposes mistooke. 1620Venner Via Recta iv. 82 You shall commonly see..a dropsey to be the vpshot of all their outragious drinkings. 1649Milton Eikon. xviii. 166 Hee sought them onely, as by the upshot appeard, to get opportunities. 1680C. Nesse Church Hist. 323 The upshot of all was, our Lord vanquished the devil. 1737Whiston Josephus, Wars v. xi. 6 The Jews..prevented the upshot of the battle, and retired into the city. 1782F. Burney Cecilia v. xii, Suppose a man was to talk in that manner when he's doing business, what would be the upshot? 1834Pringle Afr. Sk. xi. 341 The upshot was, that I found myself overwhelmed with debts. 1856Merivale Rom. Emp. xlvi. V. 289 The senators had been growing uneasy, not knowing what upshot to anticipate. 1887T. A. Trollope What I remember I. xvii. 347 A council..was called, the upshot of which was that our two..allies decided to return to Dover.
b. The conclusion resulting from the premises of an argument.
1639F. B. tr. Balzac's Lett. (vol. IV) 174 This is the upshot of all,..that you must lay a foundation of Bounty. 1677W. Hughes Man of Sin iii. iv. 142 The Upshot..must necessarily come to this, that The Pope is certainly the Man of Sin. 1710Berkeley Princ. Hum. Knowl. §75 Yet the upshot of all is—that there are certain unknown Ideas in the mind of God. 1768Foote Devil iii. Wks. 1799 II. 269 Putting that and t'other together, my notion of the upshot is, that..you must have been born there. 1799Kirwan Geol. Ess. 496 The upshot of my argument was simply this.
5. In phrases:
a. in (rarely at, † upon) the upshot, in the end, at last. † Also const. of.
(a)1577Harrison England iii. vii. (1878) ii. 28 He..killed them [sc. deer] with his hands in the vpshot of that exercise and end of his recreation. 1600Holland Livy xxi. xiv. 401 A cruell commaundement,..but yet needfull, as afterwards it was well seene in the end and upshot of all. 1634W. Tirwhyt tr. Balzac's Lett. (vol. I) 130 We shall in the upshot see them remove mountaines. 1675Alsop Anti-Sozzo 695 We may be sure that all come to this in the Up shot. 1732Berkeley Alciphr. vii. §24 In the upshot, I apprehend you will find it impracticable to destroy all sense of religion. 1768Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) I. 37 The service I may do will rise to the same amount in the upshot. 1837Lockhart Scott I. v. 145 Good for the higher faculties themselves in the upshot. 1854De Quincey Wks. (1889) II. 184 In the upshot, this conclusion eventuated (to speak Yankeeishly), that purely on principles of..universal philanthropy could Coleridge have meditated..the insult.
(b)1617Moryson Itin. ii. 118 It was probable that the King of Spaine would doe something now at the vpshot. a1628Preston Mt. Ebal (1638) 48 They shall pay deere for it at the last upshot. 1714Pope Let. 13 July, Wks. 1751 VII. 204 At the upshot, after a life of perpetual application, you reflect [etc.]. 1823Bentham Not Paul 81 To apprehend him for the purpose of trying him, and probably at the upshot killing him.
(c)1699Boyer, Upon the upshot,..aprés tout. 1709O. Dykes English Proverbs 145 Malice, Spite, and Envy, are always Self-Murderers upon the Upshot. 1796C. Smith Marchmont I. 207 Upon the upshot it appears..that he was deeper in for it than any body thought for.
b. to bring, come, etc., to the (or an) upshot, to bring to, arrive at, a final or decisive point.
a1600Edmonds Observ. Cæsar's Comm. (1604) 35 To the end he might bring the matter to a speedy vpshot. 1601Shakes. Twel. N. iv. ii. 76, I cannot pursue with any safety this sport to the vppeshot. 1646Trapp Comm. John vii. 50 How far had Judas outstripped Nicodemus till it came to the upshot! 1728Earl of Ailesbury Mem. (1890) 463 When it came to the upshot he..had all burnt.
†c. at an upshot, at an end. Obs.
1653tr. Stegmann's Brevis Disq. i. 1 If they once obtain that their Church..is such a Judge..,..the whole businesse is at an upshot.
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†a. slang. ? A riotous frolic. Obs.
1811Lexicon Balatronicum Pref., They may..abuse their less spirited companions, who prefer a good dinner at home to a glorious up-shot in the highway, without the hazard of a cudgelling.
b. dial. A merry-making, a feast.
1837Penny Cycl. VIII. 223/2 Cumbrian peasantry have various festive meetings, called the kirn,..sheep-shearing, merry nights, and upshots.
▪ II. upshot, ppl. a.
(up- 5 a.)
1847Surtees Hawbuck Grange xi. 211 Breaking an upshot column of smoke against his hat brim. |