Upper

The upper hand — the superiority; the advantage. See To have the upper hand, under Hand.

Upper Bench — the name of the highest court of common law (formerly King's Bench) during the Commonwealth.

Upper case — the top one of a pair of compositor's cases. See the Note under 1st Case, n., 3.

Upper covert — one of the coverts situated above the bases of the tail quills.

Upper deck — the topmost deck of any vessel; the spar deck.

Upper leather — the leather for the vamps and quarters of shoes.

Upper strake — the strake next to the deck, usually of hard wood, and heavier than the other strakes.

Upper ten thousand — the ten thousand, more or less, who are highest in position or wealth; the upper class; the aristocracy.

Upper topsail — the upper half of a double topsail.

Upper works — all those parts of the hull of a vessel that are properly above water.

Upper world — The atmosphere.