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Upstare

Upstare \Up*stare"\, v. i. To stare or stand upward; hence, to be uplifted or conspicuous. ``Rearing fiercely their upstaring crests.''
--Spenser.

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upstare

vb. (context intransitive English) To stare or stand erect or on end; be erect or conspicuous; bristle.

Usage examples of "upstare".

Then he looked again into the upstaring eyes of the only living thing beside himself in that charnel house.