(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:11:53

Up"side` (?), n.

The upper side; the part that is uppermost.

To be upsides with, to be even with. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Sir W. Scott. T. Hughes. -- Upside down. [Perhaps a corruption of OE. up so down, literally, up as down.] With the upper part undermost; hence, in confusion; in complete disorder; topsy-turvy.

Shak.

These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also. Acts xvii. 6.

 

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