Upper /(?)/

Up·per

Upper

Being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in place, position, rank, dignity, or the like; superior; as, the upper lip; the upper side of a thing; the upper house of a legislature.

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.