adv. Obs. [f. UPRIGHT adv. + -S.]
1. In an upright position; perpendicularly.
c. 1350. Will. Palerne, 1789. Tvo white beres … went on alle four…, & whan þei wery were þei went vp-riȝttes.
1390. Gower, Conf., I. 140. Than scholde he stonde ayein uprihtes.
c. 1400. Maundev. (Roxb.), xxxi. 143. Þai … gase on fete nerehand vprightes.
c. 1410. Master of Game (MS. Digby 182), xii. Men shull take suche an Hounde and holde hym faste and vpreghtes [v.r. fast vpryȝtes].
2. Upon one’s back and with the face upwards.
c. 1420. Lydg., Sege Thebes, 3911. Many on lay slayen at the gate, Gapyng vprightys. Ibid., 4481. Thorgh-girt with many wounde … [they lay] stark vpriȝtes.
