upshotn.

Brit.

/ˈʌpʃɒt/, U.S.

/ˈəpˌʃɑt/

Etymology: up- prefix 1b. Compare upshoot n. 1, upshut n.

†1. A final shot in a match at archery; chiefly figurative, a closing or parting shot. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [noun] > concluding word or act

upshot1531

last1557

swansong1596

amen1612

last hurrah1960

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > archery > [noun] > types of shot

upshot1531

blue1830

black1845

foot1923

1531 Privy 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.

?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 76 Well, to this number of biniteez, take ye one mo for an vpshot, & heer an eend.

1589 T. Nashe Anat. Absurditie Ep. Ded. sig. ¶iiii Euery man shotte his bolte, but this was the vpshot, that England afforded many mediocrities.

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxv. 163 As for their last vpshot of all towards this marke, they are of opinion [etc.].

1614 T. Jackson Third Bk. Comm. Apostles Creede iii. i. §13 As it were for an vp-shot to all the fooles thunderbolts they had let flie before.

1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. 85 That euent which vertue was about to haue giuen heere, for an vpshot, or clozing victorie, fortune gaue.

†2. A mark or end aimed at. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > [noun] > intention or purpose > end, purpose, or object > goal or target

markc1275

lodestarc1374

aimc1400

mete1402

pricka1450

butta1522

level1525

white marka1533

goal1540

Jack-a-Lent1553

blankc1557

scope1562

period1590

upshot1591

bird1592

golden goal1597

nick1602

quarry1615

North Star1639

huba1657

fair game1690

endgame1938

target1942

cockshot1995

1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 770 The onely vpshot whereto he doth ayme.

1595 W. S. Lamentable Trag. Locrine iii. ii. 45 Our regall minde, Which aimes at nothing but a golden crowne, The only vp~shot of mine enterprises.

1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God Advt. sig. A3*^v They could not come to the vpshotte of their desires but in the time of warre.

1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness iv. ix. 121 The Ephesians erecting the Image of Hercules.., which is a sign that Pagan Idolatry was the upshot of the plot.

1754 Bp. T. Sherlock Disc. i. 21 The Upshot of all Religion is to please God.

†3.

a. An end, conclusion, or termination. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [noun]

endc1000

endingc1000

finea1300

conclusion1382

ooc1384

close1399

finance1449

terminationc1500

last?1520

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wind-up1573

wind-up-all1573

conclusure1578

clause1581

upshot1582

desinence1598

omega1599

Godspeed1606

finis1682

finale1786

finish1790

tie-up1829

Z1877

curtains1912

taps1917

1582 R. Stanyhurst in tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis 106 Vertuus hee liued, through grace that vertuus eended. What may be then better, than a godly and gratius vpshot?

1595 R. Southwell St. Peter's Complaint 55 Death cals her vp, shame driues her out, Despaires her vp-shot make.

a1617 P. Baynes Comm. Ephes. (1658) 70 Through fear of death the upshot of evils.

1639 S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 73 To cast him into his grave, and to make a ridiculous upshot of his life.

1662 H. Hibbert Exercitationes Theologicæ 113 in Syntagma Theologicum 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.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > completing > [noun] > a conclusion or end

finea1300

head1340

conclusion1382

close1399

finishmentc1400

issue1479

pass1542

tittle est Amen1568

wind-up1573

wind-up-all1573

upshot1586

catastrophe1609

come-off1640

period1713

pay-off1926

1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 18 For the vpshot and perfection of all happines and felicitie in this world.

c. The extreme limit. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [noun] > limit > a farthest limit

ultimo1622

solsticea1631

ultimuma1657

frontier1672–3

upshot1699

ultimatum1748

verge1796

edge1911

the frozen limit1916

1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. (at cited word) A gay Coat and a Grimace is the upshot of what he can pretend to.

1838 T. De Quincey Househ. Wreck in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 1/1 We account it frailty that threescore years and ten make the upshot of man's pleasurable existence.

1864 Field 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.

a. The result, issue, or conclusion (of some course of action, etc.).In very frequent use from c1830.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [noun] > outcome or that which results

issuea1325

outcominga1382

conclusionc1384

endc1385

fruita1400

finec1405

termination?a1425

sumc1430

succession1514

sequel1524

game1530

success1537

event1539

pass1542

increase1560

outgate1568

exit1570

cropc1575

utmosta1586

upshoot1598

sequence1600

upshot1604

resultance1616

upshut1620

succedenta1633

apotelesm1636

come-off1640

conclude1643

prosult1647

offcome1666

resultant1692

outlet1710

period1713

outcome1788

outrun1801

outcome1808

upset1821

overcome1822

upping1828

summary1831

outgo1870

upcomec1874

out-turn1881

end-product1923

pay-off1926

wash-up1961

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. ii. 338 So shall you heare..Of accidentall iudgements,..And in this vpshot, purposes mistooke.

1620 T. Venner Via Recta iv. 82 You shall commonly see..a dropsey to be the vpshot of all their outragious drinkings.

1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xviii. 166 Hee sought them onely, as by the upshot appeard, to get opportunities.

1680 C. Ness Compl. Church-hist. 323 The upshot of all was, our Lord vanquished the devil.

1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Jewish War v. xi, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 912 The Jews..prevented the upshot of the battle, and retired into the city.

1782 F. Burney Cecilia III. v. xii. 156 Suppose a man was to talk in that manner when he's doing business, what would be the upshot?

1834 T. Pringle Afr. Sketches xi. 341 The upshot was, that I found myself overwhelmed with debts.

1856 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire V. xlvi. 289 The senators had been growing uneasy, not knowing what upshot to anticipate.

1887 T. 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.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > process of inferring, inference > [noun] > product of inferring, an inference

consequentc1374

corollaryc1374

conclusion1399

consequencec1400

inductionc1440

collection1529

sequel1565

consectary1588

inference1612

sequence1614

ratiocinationc1620

introduction1632

upshot1639

sequency1642

consequency1651

deducible1654

consequentiala1734

generalization1794

educt1816

sequitur1836

1639 F. B. tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 174 This is the upshot of all,..that you must lay a foundation of Bounty.

1677 W. Hughes Man of Sin iii. iv. 142 The Upshot..must necessarily come to this, that The Pope is certainly the Man of Sin.

1710 G. Berkeley Treat. Princ. Human Knowl. §75 Yet the upshot of all is—that there are certain unknown Ideas in the mind of God.

a1777 S. Foote Devil upon Two Sticks (1778) iii. 47 Putting that and t'other together, my notion of the upshot is, that..you must have been born there.

1799 R. Kirwan 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.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > the end [phrase] > in the end or at last

at lastlOE

at the lastlOE

afinec1325

in the lasta1382

for conclusionc1386

an-endc1390

the lasta1400

in (the) finea1500

at conclusiona1513

in conclusiona1513

at long last1523

at length1525

in (rarely at, upon) the upshot1577

in the final (also last) analysis1786

in the death1958

at the end of the day1974

(a)

1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1878) iii. vii. ii. 28 He..killed them [sc. deer] with his hands in the vpshot of that exercise and end of his recreation.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxi. xiv. 401 A cruell commaundement,..but yet needfull, as afterwards it was well seene in the end and upshot of all.

1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 130 We shall in the upshot see them remove mountaines.

1675 V. Alsop Anti-Sozzo 695 We may be sure that all come to this in the Up shot.

1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron II. vii. xxiv. 188 In the upshot I apprehend you will find it impracticable to destroy all Sense of Religion.

1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. i. 74 The service I may do will rise to the same amount in the upshot.

1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott I. v. 145 Good for the higher faculties themselves in the upshot.

1854 T. De Quincey Autobiogr. Sketches in Select. Grave & Gay II. 197 In the upshot, this conclusion eventuated (to speak Yankeeishly), that, purely on principles of..universal philanthropy, could Coleridge have meditated..the insult.

(b)1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 118 It was probable that the King of Spaine would doe something now at the vpshot.a1628 J. Preston Mount Ebal (1638) 48 They shall pay deere for it at the last upshot.1714 A. Pope Corr. 13 July (1956) I. 236 At the upshot, after a life of perpetual application, you reflect [etc.].1823 ‘G. Smith’ Not Paul, but Jesus 81 To apprehend him for the purpose of trying him, and probably at the upshot killing him.(c)1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. (at cited word) Upon the upshot,..aprés tout.1708 O. Dykes Moral Reflexions Eng. Prov. 145 Malice, Spite, and Envy, are always Self-Murderers upon the Upshot.1796 C. 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.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > completing > complete or conclude action [verb (intransitive)] > arrive at a final or decisive point

to bring, come, etc., to the (or an) upshot1604

to meet one's Waterloo1859

the world > action or operation > completing > complete (an action or piece of work) [verb (transitive)] > bring to an end or conclusion > bring to a final point or issue

to bring, come, etc., to the (or an) upshot1604

issue1650

to draw to a head1678

bring1711

1604 C. Edmondes Observ. Cæsars Comm. II. vi. xi. 35 To the end he might bring the matter to a speedy vpshot.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iv. ii. 71 I cannot pursue with any safety this sport to the vppeshot.

1646 J. Trapp Brief Comm. John vii. 50 How far had Judas outstripped Nicodemus till it came to the upshot!

1728 Earl of Ailesbury Mem. (1890) 463 When it came to the upshot he..had all burnt.

†c. at an upshot, at an end. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > the end [phrase] > at an end

at an upshot1653

all over1664

the jig is over1777

the jig is up1800

all up1825

the last of pea-time1834

(all) washed up1923

the party is over1931

1653 Brevis Disquisitio i. 1 If they once obtain that their Church..is such a Judge..,..the whole businesse is at an upshot.

†a. slang. ? A riotous frolic. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1811 Lexicon 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. dialect. A merry-making, a feast.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > [noun]

treschec1290

laetificationc1485

gossiping1557

special occasion1574

merry-meeting1597

merrymaking1618

frolic1645

merriment1663

rush1788

convivialities1830

merrymake1833

upshot1837

ball1879

spurt1885

sing-sing1899

jolly1905

rage1980

1837 Penny Cycl. VIII. 223/2 Cumbrian peasantry have various festive meetings, called the kirn,..sheep-shearing, merry nights, and upshots.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	upshot
释义	upshotn. Brit. /ˈʌpʃɒt/, U.S. /ˈəpˌʃɑt/ Etymology: up- prefix 1b. Compare upshoot n. 1, upshut n. †1. A final shot in a match at archery; chiefly figurative, a closing or parting shot. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [noun] > concluding word or act upshot1531 last1557 swansong1596 amen1612 last hurrah1960 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > archery > [noun] > types of shot upshot1531 blue1830 black1845 foot1923 1531 Privy 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. ?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 76 Well, to this number of biniteez, take ye one mo for an vpshot, & heer an eend. 1589 T. Nashe Anat. Absurditie Ep. Ded. sig. ¶iiii Euery man shotte his bolte, but this was the vpshot, that England afforded many mediocrities. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxv. 163 As for their last vpshot of all towards this marke, they are of opinion [etc.]. 1614 T. Jackson Third Bk. Comm. Apostles Creede iii. i. §13 As it were for an vp-shot to all the fooles thunderbolts they had let flie before. 1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. 85 That euent which vertue was about to haue giuen heere, for an vpshot, or clozing victorie, fortune gaue. †2. A mark or end aimed at. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > [noun] > intention or purpose > end, purpose, or object > goal or target markc1275 lodestarc1374 aimc1400 mete1402 pricka1450 butta1522 level1525 white marka1533 goal1540 Jack-a-Lent1553 blankc1557 scope1562 period1590 upshot1591 bird1592 golden goal1597 nick1602 quarry1615 North Star1639 huba1657 fair game1690 endgame1938 target1942 cockshot1995 1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 770 The onely vpshot whereto he doth ayme. 1595 W. S. Lamentable Trag. Locrine iii. ii. 45 Our regall minde, Which aimes at nothing but a golden crowne, The only vp~shot of mine enterprises. 1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God Advt. sig. A3^v They could not come to the vpshotte of their desires but in the time of warre. 1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness* iv. ix. 121 The Ephesians erecting the Image of Hercules.., which is a sign that Pagan Idolatry was the upshot of the plot. 1754 Bp. T. Sherlock Disc. i. 21 The Upshot of all Religion is to please God. †3. a. An end, conclusion, or termination. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [noun] endc1000 endingc1000 finea1300 conclusion1382 ooc1384 close1399 finance1449 terminationc1500 last?1520 winding up1560 wind-up1573 wind-up-all1573 conclusure1578 clause1581 upshot1582 desinence1598 omega1599 Godspeed1606 finis1682 finale1786 finish1790 tie-up1829 Z1877 curtains1912 taps1917 1582 R. Stanyhurst in tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis 106 Vertuus hee liued, through grace that vertuus eended. What may be then better, than a godly and gratius vpshot? 1595 R. Southwell St. Peter's Complaint 55 Death cals her vp, shame driues her out, Despaires her vp-shot make. a1617 P. Baynes Comm. Ephes. (1658) 70 Through fear of death the upshot of evils. 1639 S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 73 To cast him into his grave, and to make a ridiculous upshot of his life. 1662 H. Hibbert Exercitationes Theologicæ 113 in Syntagma Theologicum 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. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > completing > [noun] > a conclusion or end finea1300 head1340 conclusion1382 close1399 finishmentc1400 issue1479 pass1542 tittle est Amen1568 wind-up1573 wind-up-all1573 upshot1586 catastrophe1609 come-off1640 period1713 pay-off1926 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 18 For the vpshot and perfection of all happines and felicitie in this world. c. The extreme limit. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [noun] > limit > a farthest limit ultimo1622 solsticea1631 ultimuma1657 frontier1672–3 upshot1699 ultimatum1748 verge1796 edge1911 the frozen limit1916 1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. (at cited word) A gay Coat and a Grimace is the upshot of what he can pretend to. 1838 T. De Quincey Househ. Wreck in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 1/1 We account it frailty that threescore years and ten make the upshot of man's pleasurable existence. 1864 Field 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. a. The result, issue, or conclusion (of some course of action, etc.).In very frequent use from c1830. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [noun] > outcome or that which results issuea1325 outcominga1382 conclusionc1384 endc1385 fruita1400 finec1405 termination?a1425 sumc1430 succession1514 sequel1524 game1530 success1537 event1539 pass1542 increase1560 outgate1568 exit1570 cropc1575 utmosta1586 upshoot1598 sequence1600 upshot1604 resultance1616 upshut1620 succedenta1633 apotelesm1636 come-off1640 conclude1643 prosult1647 offcome1666 resultant1692 outlet1710 period1713 outcome1788 outrun1801 outcome1808 upset1821 overcome1822 upping1828 summary1831 outgo1870 upcomec1874 out-turn1881 end-product1923 pay-off1926 wash-up1961 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. ii. 338 So shall you heare..Of accidentall iudgements,..And in this vpshot, purposes mistooke. View more context for this quotation 1620 T. Venner Via Recta iv. 82 You shall commonly see..a dropsey to be the vpshot of all their outragious drinkings. 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xviii. 166 Hee sought them onely, as by the upshot appeard, to get opportunities. 1680 C. Ness Compl. Church-hist. 323 The upshot of all was, our Lord vanquished the devil. 1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Jewish War v. xi, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 912 The Jews..prevented the upshot of the battle, and retired into the city. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia III. v. xii. 156 Suppose a man was to talk in that manner when he's doing business, what would be the upshot? 1834 T. Pringle Afr. Sketches xi. 341 The upshot was, that I found myself overwhelmed with debts. 1856 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire V. xlvi. 289 The senators had been growing uneasy, not knowing what upshot to anticipate. 1887 T. 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. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > process of inferring, inference > [noun] > product of inferring, an inference consequentc1374 corollaryc1374 conclusion1399 consequencec1400 inductionc1440 collection1529 sequel1565 consectary1588 inference1612 sequence1614 ratiocinationc1620 introduction1632 upshot1639 sequency1642 consequency1651 deducible1654 consequentiala1734 generalization1794 educt1816 sequitur1836 1639 F. B. tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 174 This is the upshot of all,..that you must lay a foundation of Bounty. 1677 W. Hughes Man of Sin iii. iv. 142 The Upshot..must necessarily come to this, that The Pope is certainly the Man of Sin. 1710 G. Berkeley Treat. Princ. Human Knowl. §75 Yet the upshot of all is—that there are certain unknown Ideas in the mind of God. a1777 S. Foote Devil upon Two Sticks (1778) iii. 47 Putting that and t'other together, my notion of the upshot is, that..you must have been born there. 1799 R. Kirwan 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. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > the end [phrase] > in the end or at last at lastlOE at the lastlOE afinec1325 in the lasta1382 for conclusionc1386 an-endc1390 the lasta1400 in (the) finea1500 at conclusiona1513 in conclusiona1513 at long last1523 at length1525 in (rarely at, upon) the upshot1577 in the final (also last) analysis1786 in the death1958 at the end of the day1974 (a) 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1878) iii. vii. ii. 28 He..killed them [sc. deer] with his hands in the vpshot of that exercise and end of his recreation. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxi. xiv. 401 A cruell commaundement,..but yet needfull, as afterwards it was well seene in the end and upshot of all. 1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 130 We shall in the upshot see them remove mountaines. 1675 V. Alsop Anti-Sozzo 695 We may be sure that all come to this in the Up shot. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron II. vii. xxiv. 188 In the upshot I apprehend you will find it impracticable to destroy all Sense of Religion. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. i. 74 The service I may do will rise to the same amount in the upshot. 1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott I. v. 145 Good for the higher faculties themselves in the upshot. 1854 T. De Quincey Autobiogr. Sketches in Select. Grave & Gay II. 197 In the upshot, this conclusion eventuated (to speak Yankeeishly), that, purely on principles of..universal philanthropy, could Coleridge have meditated..the insult. (b)1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 118 It was probable that the King of Spaine would doe something now at the vpshot.a1628 J. Preston Mount Ebal (1638) 48 They shall pay deere for it at the last upshot.1714 A. Pope Corr. 13 July (1956) I. 236 At the upshot, after a life of perpetual application, you reflect [etc.].1823 ‘G. Smith’ Not Paul, but Jesus 81 To apprehend him for the purpose of trying him, and probably at the upshot killing him.(c)1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. (at cited word) Upon the upshot,..aprés tout.1708 O. Dykes Moral Reflexions Eng. Prov. 145 Malice, Spite, and Envy, are always Self-Murderers upon the Upshot.1796 C. 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. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > completing > complete or conclude action [verb (intransitive)] > arrive at a final or decisive point to bring, come, etc., to the (or an) upshot1604 to meet one's Waterloo1859 the world > action or operation > completing > complete (an action or piece of work) [verb (transitive)] > bring to an end or conclusion > bring to a final point or issue to bring, come, etc., to the (or an) upshot1604 issue1650 to draw to a head1678 bring1711 1604 C. Edmondes Observ. Cæsars Comm. II. vi. xi. 35 To the end he might bring the matter to a speedy vpshot. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iv. ii. 71 I cannot pursue with any safety this sport to the vppeshot. View more context for this quotation 1646 J. Trapp Brief Comm. John vii. 50 How far had Judas outstripped Nicodemus till it came to the upshot! 1728 Earl of Ailesbury Mem. (1890) 463 When it came to the upshot he..had all burnt. †c. at an upshot, at an end. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > the end [phrase] > at an end at an upshot1653 all over1664 the jig is over1777 the jig is up1800 all up1825 the last of pea-time1834 (all) washed up1923 the party is over1931 1653 Brevis Disquisitio i. 1 If they once obtain that their Church..is such a Judge..,..the whole businesse is at an upshot. 6. †a. slang. ? A riotous frolic. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1811 Lexicon 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. dialect. A merry-making, a feast. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > [noun] treschec1290 laetificationc1485 gossiping1557 special occasion1574 merry-meeting1597 merrymaking1618 frolic1645 merriment1663 rush1788 convivialities1830 merrymake1833 upshot1837 ball1879 spurt1885 sing-sing1899 jolly1905 rage1980 1837 Penny Cycl. VIII. 223/2 Cumbrian peasantry have various festive meetings, called the kirn,..sheep-shearing, merry nights, and upshots. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). upshotadj. (up- prefix 3b(a).) ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > [adjective] > raised in other manner upsucked1560 upwhirled1667 upwafted1791 upheaved1847 upshot1847 1847 R. S. Surtees Hawbuck Grange xi. 211 Breaking an upshot column of smoke against his hat brim. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1531adj.1847
随便看	to or after one's appetite to or for one to shame to or for the slaughter to or for to shame to or fro to or from shipboard to or in one's own wrong to or in one's wrong to or unto the regard of or to to orb out to order to order a gun to order about to order arms to order around to order at the bridge to order etc to order into execution to order up to order up at the bridge to organ out to out one's livery to out pipes to out with to out-auden auden

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