UPMAKING. Pieces of plank or timber piled on each other as filling-up in building, more especially those placed between the bilge-ways and ship's bottom preparatory to launching.
UPPER COUNTER. The counter between the wing transom and the rail. (See [Counter].)
UPPER DECK. The highest of those decks which are continued throughout the whole length of a ship without falls or interruptions, as the quarter-deck, waist, and forecastle of frigates, &c.
UPPER FINISHING. See [Finishings].
UPPER MASTS. The top-mast, topgallant-mast, and royal-mast; any spars above these are termed poles. (See [Pole-masts].)
UPPER STRAKE OR WASH of Boats. A strake thicker than those of the bottom, wrought round the gunwales, and lined within the poppets.
UPPER OR TOP-RIDER FUTTOCKS. These timbers stand nearly the same as breadth-riders, and very much strengthen the top-side.
UPPER TRANSIT. The passage of a circumpolar star over the meridian above the pole; the opposite of the lower transit.
UPPER-WORKS. That part of a ship which rises from the water's surface when she is properly trimmed for a voyage.
UP SCREW! The order in steamers to lift the screw on making sail.