upset

v. t. 1. To set up; to put upright. [ Obs. ] “With sail on mast upset.” R. of Brunne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (a) To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end. (b) To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To overturn, overthrow, or overset; as, to upset a carriage; to upset an argument. “Determined somehow to upset the situation.” Mrs. Humphry Ward. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To disturb the self-possession of; to disorder the nerves of; to make ill; as, the fright upset her. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Basketwork) To turn upwards the outer ends of (stakes) so as to make a foundation for the side of a basket or the like; also, to form (the side) in this manner. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. i. To become upset. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Set up; fixed; determined; -- used chiefly or only in the phrase upset price; that is, the price fixed upon as the minimum for property offered in a public sale, or, in an auction, the price at which property is set up or started by the auctioneer, and the lowest price at which it will be sold. [ 1913 Webster ]

After a solemn pause, Mr. Glossin offered the upset price for the lands and barony of Ellangowan. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of upsetting, or the state of being upset; an overturn; as, the wagon had an upset. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Conceited; assuming; as, an upsetting fellow. [ Scot. ] Jamieson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. such as to disturb the self-possession of; unnerving; causing mental distress; as, the sight was an upsetting experience. [ PJC ]