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. [ 1913 Webster ]
I can not pursue with any safety this sport to the upshot. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
We account it frailty that threescore years and ten make the upshot of man's pleasurable existence. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]