uphilt
English
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for uphilt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Etymology
From up- + hilt.
Verb
uphilt (third-person singular simple present uphilts, present participle uphilting, simple past and past participle uphilted)
- (archaic) To thrust in up to the hilt
- to uphilt one's sword into an enemy
References
- uphilt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.