yes. i wish i still had access to the oxford english dictionary so that i can figure out when the memo was first promulgated. i always liked it better as an adverb, see.
1. a. To drive up and catch (swans, etc.) so as to provide with the mark of ownership. Cf. UPPING vbl. n.2 1. ? Obs. 1560-1 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxford (1880) 285 For uppyng the ground byrde in porte meade. 1584-5 Order for Swans, The Swan-heard..shall vp no Swan nor make any sale of them, without the Maister of the Swannes..be present. 1602-3 in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) III. 595 Item ye swanherd for vpping swans, ijs.
{dag}b. To carry out, perform (the practice of ‘upping’). 1593 [see UPPING vbl. n.2 1].
{dag}2. To make up, form, or compose of something. a1658 CLEVELAND London Lady 102 An Animal together blow'd and made, And up'd of all the shreds of every Trade.
3. To raise up (a weapon, etc.), esp. to or upon the shoulder. Cf. sense 8b. 1885 RIDER HAGGARD K. Solomon's Mines iv, Good..upped gun, and let drive at..a young cow. 1887 G. R. SIMS Mary Jane's Mem. 104 She ups her stick and begins to belabour him across the shoulders.
4. Naut. a. (See sense 8c.) b. To heave or haul up
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1. a. To drive up and catch (swans, etc.) so as to provide with the mark of ownership. Cf. UPPING vbl. n.2 1. ? Obs.
1560-1 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxford (1880) 285 For uppyng the ground byrde in porte meade. 1584-5 Order for Swans, The Swan-heard..shall vp no Swan nor make any sale of them, without the Maister of the Swannes..be present. 1602-3 in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) III. 595 Item ye swanherd for vpping swans, ijs.
{dag}b. To carry out, perform (the practice of ‘upping’).
1593 [see UPPING vbl. n.2 1].
{dag}2. To make up, form, or compose of something.
a1658 CLEVELAND London Lady 102 An Animal together blow'd and made, And up'd of all the shreds of every Trade.
3. To raise up (a weapon, etc.), esp. to or upon the shoulder. Cf. sense 8b.
1885 RIDER HAGGARD K. Solomon's Mines iv, Good..upped gun, and let drive at..a young cow. 1887 G. R. SIMS Mary Jane's Mem. 104 She ups her stick and begins to belabour him across the shoulders.
4. Naut. a. (See sense 8c.) b. To heave or haul up
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