Upi

When a Mandarine sits in judgment he hath before him on a table, a Case full of small Sticks or Tallies, and is attended by officers called Upi, holding these cudgels in their hands rested on the ground: who when the Mandarine throws down these tallies, seize the offender, lay him on his face on the ground, pull his drawers over his heels, and give him alternately five blows a-piece for every tally on his bare skin.

Hau Kiou Choaan 1761

The district of Rifao and other Upi villages, deemed to be below the poverty line, are populated by people who are more concerned with where they will find their next meal than on ensuring their children go to school.

Mountainous Task for Teachers IWPR 2008

Khammurabi, was conducted from the Euphrates towards Upi or Opis, which has been shown by H. Winckler (_Altorientalische Forschungen_, ii.pp. 509 seq.) to have been close to Seleucia on the western side of the Tigris.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various

With Blake out of the way there might be another way of dealing with Upi and his Kogmollocks.

The Golden Snare James Oliver Curwood 1903

Out of that ghostly mist of pale moonlight through which the dogs were traveling like sinuous shadows Upi and his tribe could close in on him silently and swiftly, unseen until they were within striking distance.

The Golden Snare James Oliver Curwood 1903

If we split the difference, and you gave me HER, Upi would meet me half way.

The Golden Snare James Oliver Curwood 1903

Now if we go on they're most likely to see us, or their dogs get wind of us -- and Upi is a bloodthirsty old cutthroat.

The Golden Snare James Oliver Curwood 1903

But Upi and his heathen wouldn't see anything happen to the old man when they found I was going to take the girl.

The Golden Snare James Oliver Curwood 1903

Upi, or the Archer, stretched out on a long cloud in the East; who forthwith resolved to make an example of the unwilling lingerer.

Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I (of 2) Herman Melville 1855

Authorities said a group of about 10 masked men armed with machine-guns and pistols stormed a Swiss casino and escaped with hundreds of thousands of dollars, APA reports quoting Upi. com web-page.

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