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Upper \Up"per\, a.; comp. of {Up}.
Being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in place,
position, rank, dignity, or the like; superior; as, the upper
lip; the upper side of a thing; the upper house of a
legislature.

{The upper hand}, the superiority; the advantage. See {To
have the upper hand}, under {Hand}. --Jowett (Thucyd.).

{Upper Bench} (Eng. Hist.), the name of the highest court of
common law (formerly King's Bench) during the
Commonwealth.

{Upper case}, the top one of a pair of compositor's cases.
See the Note under 1st {Case}, n., 3.

{Upper covert} (Zo["o]l.), one of the coverts situated above
the bases of the tail quills.

{Upper deck} (Naut.), the topmost deck of any vessel; the
spar deck.

{Upper leather}, the leather for the vamps and quarters of
shoes.

{Upper strake} (Naut.), the strake next to the deck, usually
of hard wood, and heavier than the other strakes.

{Upper ten thousand}, or (abbreviated) {Upper ten}, the ten
thousand, more or less, who are highest in position or
wealth; the upper class; the aristocracy. [Colloq.]

{Upper topsail} (Naut.), the upper half of a double topsail.


{Upper works} (Naut.), all those parts of the hull of a
vessel that are properly above water.

{Upper world}.
(a) The atmosphere.
(b) Heaven.
(c) This world; the earth; -- in distinction from the
{underworld}.

Case \Case\ (k[=a]s), n. [OF. casse, F. caisse (cf. It. cassa),
fr. L. capsa chest, box, case, fr. capere to take, hold. See
{Capacious}, and cf. 4th {Chase}, {Cash}, {Enchase}, 3d
{Sash}.]
1. A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods;
a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case
(capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cover) for a book.

2. A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box;
as, a case of goods; a case of instruments.

3. (Print.) A shallow tray divided into compartments or
``boxes'' for holding type.

Note: Cases for type are usually arranged in sets of two,
called respectively the upper and the lower case. The
{upper case} contains capitals, small capitals,
accented and marked letters, fractions, and marks of
reference: the {lower case} contains the small letters,
figures, marks of punctuation, quadrats, and spaces.

4. An inclosing frame; a casing; as, a door case; a window
case.

5. (Mining) A small fissure which admits water to the
workings. --Knight.