Uneasiness.—Trouble. To have the uneasiness, to be vexed, restless. A copy of uneasiness, a copy of a writ.
Up.—Knowledge. To be up, to understand. Up to trap, aware of things.
Uphills.—False dice that run high.
Upper Benjamin.—A great coat.
Upper Crust.—The lions or crack men of the day.
Upper Story, or Garret.—Figuratively used to signify the head.
Upper Ten Thousand.—The aristocracy.
Uppish.—Testy, apt to take offence, proud, arrogant.
Upstarts.—Persons lately raised to honours and riches, from mean stations.
Used Up.—Killed; a military saying, originating from a message sent by the late General Guise, on the expedition at Carthagena, where he desired the Commander-in-chief to order him some more grenadiers, for those he had were all used up!