adv. phr. Obs. [UP adv.2 1 b. Cf. SUN-UP.] a. With up-sun, at sunrise. b. Sc. Between sunrise and sunset.
a. 1400–50. Wars Alex., 4067. Þe secund day with vp son he with his sowme neȝes.
1703. Fountainhall, Decis. (1761), II. 189. The precise question was, If an ejection may be executed in the night-time,… or if it must be done with up-sun.
1825. Jamieson, It was upsun, the sun was not set. Galloway.
