ˈupshut obs. or dial.var. upshot n. 1620Ford Linea V. 69 This King of men is substitute to his King with this vpshut [etc.].1658A. Fox tr.Würtz' Surg. i. ii. 3 In the upshut it proveth meerly an accustomed thing.1887S. Cheshire Gloss. 418 The form upshut is still used in Dorset.