What does "carry up" mean?

To convey or extend in an upward course or direction; to build.

Carry up

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Verb

1
To convey or extend in an upward course or direction; to build. transitive
"to carry up a wall"
2
To trace back. transitive
"Mr. Noble is unwilling to carry up the genealogy of this family to an earlier ancestry […]"

"Mr. Noble is unwilling to carry up the genealogy of this family to an earlier ancestry […]"