Up"shot` (?), n. [Up + shot,
equivalent to scot share, reckoning. Cf. the phrase to cast up
an account.] Final issue; conclusion; the sum and substance; the
end; the result; the consummation.
I can not pursue with any safety this sport to the
upshot.
Shak.
We account it frailty that threescore years and ten make the
upshot of man's pleasurable existence.
De
Quincey.