To rise in rebellion; the Irish say, “To be up.” To go out with the forces of Charles Edward. To be out with Roger More and Sir Phelim OʹNeil, in 1641.
“I thocht my best chance for payment was eʹen to gae out myself.”—Sir W. Scott: Waverley, 39.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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