Defn: To become upset.
UPSET
Up"set`, a.
Defn: Set up; fixed; determined; — used chiefly or only in the phrase upset price; that is, the price fixed upon as the minimum for property offered in a public sale, or, in an auction, the price at which property is set up or started by the auctioneer, and the lowest price at which it will be sold. After a solemn pause, Mr. Glossin offered the upset price for the lands and barony of Ellangowan. Sir W. Scott.
UPSET
Up"set`, n.
Defn: The act of upsetting, or the state of being upset; an overturn; as, the wagon had an upset.
UPSETTING
Up*set"ting, a.
Defn: Conceited; assuming; as, an upsetting fellow. [Scot.] Jamieson.
UPSETTING THERMOMETER
Up*set"ting ther*mom"e*ter.
Defn: A thermometer by merely inverting which the temperature may be registered. The column of mercury is broken and, as it remains until the instrument is reset, the reading may be made at leisure.
UPSHOOT
Up*shoot", v. i.