Up, prepos. denoting motion from a lower to a higher place, opposed to down: “runs o' horseback up a hill perpendicular,” H4A II, 4, 378. “as you go up the stairs into the lobby,” Hml. IV, 3, 39. “you do climb up it now,” Lr. IV, 6, 2 (Qq climb it up). Applied to a horizontal direction: “up Fish Street! down Saint Magnus' Corner!” H6B IV, 8, 1. “she says up and down the town that her eldest son is like you,” H4B II, 1, 114 (cf. Down).
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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