Sentence:  Girzie, when in her barleyhoods, was apt to enforce her commands with <WSD>uphand</WSD> emphases, and Andrew came in for a due share of this practical elocution, and always proved himself as quiet and submissive a disciple as ever fell under a "continual dropping," since the days of the man of Uz. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  With an upward movement of the hand.