[f. as prec.]
1. A reproach or reproof.
c. 1205. Lay., 19117. Þenne nabbeoð ure æfterlinges nane upbreidinges.
a. 1300. E. E. Psalter lxxxviii. 49. Mined be, lauerd, of vpbraidinges of þi hine.
c. 1449. Pecock, Repr., I. xvi. 247. Certis … alle her vpbreidingis mad ben iust.
1590. Shaks., Com. Err., V. i. 73. Thou saist his meate was sawc’d with thy vpbraidings.
1611. Speed, Hist. Gt. Brit., IX. viii. 496/2. When … hee snebs the King for comminatory obraydings, and contumacious malepartnesse.
1627. Sanderson, Serm., I. 270. The horrors and upbraidings of a condemning heart.
1712. Steele, Spect., No. 448, ¶ 6. You your self cannot … but allow the Justice of the Upbraidings of Your Injured Friend.
1773. Mrs. Chapone, Improv. Mind (1774), I. 174. If jealousy is expressed by unkind upbraidings.
1844. Thirlwall, Greece, VIII. 320. He was there received with … upbraidings, and reproaches.
1894. J. D. Campbell, Life Coleridge, 46. Coleridge then broke out in extravagantly-worded upbraidings.
2. The action of reproaching or reproving.
a. 1300. E. E. Psalter cxviii. 22. Bere fra me vpbraidinge and forhoghte.
1303. R. Brunne, Handl. Synne, 766. But ȝe leue … Ȝoure vnkynde vpbreydyng, Ȝe shul go a deueyl weye.
a. 1340. Hampole, Psalter, ii. 5. Þat speche sall be vpbraydynge þat þai wild noght doe his biddynge.
c. 1410. Lanterne of Liȝt, 124. At alle tyme he schal be cursid & worþi vpbreiding.
1526. Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W., 1531), 241 b. Without ony exprobracyon, upbraydyng or rebukyng.
1599. Hakluyt, Voy., I. 562. A thing foolish and vaine,… deuised for the vpbrayding of our nation.
1656. Bramhall, Replie to S. W., 70. For in my discourse there is nothing either of repining or upbraiding.
1749. Fielding, Tom Jones, VIII. xiv. He received nothing but scorn and upbraiding from me.
1775. Sheridan, Rivals, III. ii. I had come resolved to wear a face of coolness and upbraiding.
1825. Scott, Talism., xvii. Without a word of upbraiding, she attended upon the Queen.
1878. Miss Braddon, Eleanor’s Vict., iii. No word of upbraiding had ever crossed those tender lips.
† b. An object of reproach or censure. Obs. rare.
a. 1300. E. E. Psalter xxi. 5. I am worme, and man nathing; Mennes vpbraiding, of folk outkasting. Ibid., xxxviii. 12.
† 3. Eructation of food; regurgitation. Obs.
1533. Elyot, Cast. Helthe (1541), 73. It tourneth also norishement vnto corrupcion, whiche maketh vpbraidynges fumishe or sharpe.
1561. Hollybush, Hom. Apoth., 2. The payn of the head commeth … by ye vpbraything of ye stomak into the head.
1574. Newton, Health Mag., 21. When throughe drinkinge of wine there is any upbraidinge and mordication in the stomacke.
1611. Cotgr., Remors de l’estomac, the vpbraiding of the stomacke.
