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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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UPLOOK, v., n. Sc. usages:

I. v. In ppl.adj. uplookin, = Eng. looking up. Fig. in quot., wide open, wide awake, taking everything in.Lnk. 1880 Clydesdale Readings 195:
The farmers can cheat the Glaiska bodies before their uplookin' een.

II. n. A respite, a let-up (Ags. 1973); an opportunity to recover from bad luck or misfortune.Ags. 1896 A. Blair Rantin' Robin 9:
Giein up a' hope o' her ever haein an uplook again in this warld.Ags. 1921 T.S.D.C.:
Ae trauchle juist comes on the tap o' anither; we never get an uplook.