upshot

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

UP'SHOT, noun [up and shot.] Final issue; conclusion; end; as the upshot of the matter. Here is the upshot and result of all. Upside down, the upper part undermost. As a phrase, this denotes in confusion; in complete disorder.
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