Word Meanings - UPSYTURVY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Upside down; topsy-turvy. Robert Greene.

UPSIDE
The upper side; the part that is uppermost. To be upsides with, to be even with. Sir W. Scott. T. Hughes. confusion; in complete disorder; topsy-turvy. Shak. These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also. Acts xvii. 6.
GREENERY
Green plants; verdure. A pretty little one-storied abode, so rural, so smothered in greenery. J. Ingelow.
ROBERT
See HERB
TOPSY-TURVY
In an inverted posture; with the top or head downward; upside down; as, to turn a carriage topsy-turvy. (more info) probably for top so turvy; that is, the top as turvy, as it were turvy; where turvy probably means, overturned, fr. AS. torfian to
ACHROMATOPSY
Color blindness; inability to distinguish colors; Daltonism.
SHAGREEN; SHAGREENED
Covered with rough scales or points like those on shagreen. (more info) 1. Made or covered with the leather called shagreen. "A shagreen case of lancets." T. Hook.
ROBERDSMAN; ROBERTSMAN
A bold, stout robber, or night thief; -- said to be so called from Robin Hood.
UPSYTURVY
Upside down; topsy-turvy. Robert Greene.
PHOTOPSY
See PHOTOPSIA
AUTOPSY
Dissection of a dead body, for the purpose of ascertaining the cause, seat, or nature of a disease; a post-mortem examination. (more info) 1. Personal observation or examination; seeing with one's own eyes; ocular view. By autopsy and experiment.