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Definition: upright shave
Upright
\Up"right`\, n.
1. Something standing upright, as a piece of timber in a
building. See Illust. of
Frame.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Basketwork) A tool made from a flat strip of steel with
chisel edges at both ends, bent into horseshoe, the
opening between the cutting edges being adjustable, used
for reducing splits to skeins. Called in full
upright shave
.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. (Football) the vertical part of a goalpost, especially the
part above the horizontal bar; as, a field goal directly
between the uprights.
[PJC]