From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Upland \Up"land\, n.
1. High land; ground elevated above the meadows and intervals
which lie on the banks of rivers, near the sea, or between
hills; land which is generally dry; -- opposed to
lowland, meadow, marsh, swamp, interval, and the
like.
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2. The country, as distinguished from the neighborhood of
towns. [Obs.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Upland \Up"land\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to uplands; being on upland; high in
situation; as, upland inhabitants; upland pasturage.
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Sometimes, with secure delight
The upland hamlets will invite. --Milton.
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2. Pertaining to the country, as distinguished from the
neighborhood of towns; rustic; rude; unpolished. [Obs.W2]
" The race of upland giants." --Chapman.
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Upland moccasin. (Zool.) See Moccasin.
Upland sandpiper, or Upland plover (Zool.), a large
American sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) much valued as
a game bird. Unlike most sandpipers, it frequents fields
and uplands. Called also Bartramian sandpiper,
Bartram's tattler, field plover, grass plover,
highland plover, hillbird, humility, {prairie
plover}, prairie pigeon, prairie snipe, papabote,
quaily, and uplander.
Upland sumach (Bot.), a North American shrub of the genus
Rhus (Rhus glabra), used in tanning and dyeing.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
upland
adj 1: used of high or hilly country [syn: upland,
{highland(a)}] [ant: lowland]
n 1: elevated (e.g., mountainous) land [syn: highland,
upland] [ant: lowland]