UPMAKING
\ˈʌpme͡ɪkɪŋ], \ˈʌpmeɪkɪŋ], \ˈʌ_p_m_eɪ_k_ɪ_ŋ]\
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up'm[=a]-king, n. (naut.) pieces of plank or timber piled on each other as filling up in building, esp. between the bilge-ways and ship's bottom, preparatory to launching: (print.) arrangement of lines into columns or pages.
By Thomas Davidson
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premonstratensians
- Regular instituted 1120, St. Norbert (whence Norbertines), at Premonstratum [L. , pointed out, it was said, by the Virgin], in Picardy. They were also called White Canons, from colour of their dress.