| 释义 |
right-up, a. ? Obs.
[f. right adv. + up adv. Cf. upright a.]
1. Steep; rising straight up.
1511Guylforde's Pilgr. (Camden) 52 It is very daungerous to go vp vnto the hyghte of this mounte..for the perillous, step and right vp passage. 1604E. Grimstone Siege Ostend 87 This house was in the right-vp-street. 1838H. Martineau West. Trav. I. 120 Utica, the most extempore place we had seen. The right-up shops, the daubed houses.
†2. Upright; honest. Obs.
1545Primer of Hen. VIII, D D ij b, Then shal I with a ryght vp hart..extolle and magnifie thy holy name. c1557Abp. Parker Ps. cxix. 343 A rightup man of perfect wayes is blest and blest agayne. |