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(e) Very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount; grand; noble.
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Both meet to hear and answer such high things. Shak.
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Plain living and high thinking are no more. Wordsworth.

(f) Costly; dear in price; extravagant; as, to hold goods at a high price.
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If they must be good at so high a rate, they know they may be safe at a cheaper. South.

(g) Arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud; ostentatious; -- used in a bad sense.
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An high look and a proud heart . . . is sin. Prov. xxi. 4.
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His forces, after all the high discourses, amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot. Clarendon.
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3. Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or superior degree; as, high (i. e., intense) heat; high (i. e., full or quite) noon; high (i. e., rich or spicy) seasoning; high (i. e., complete) pleasure; high (i. e., deep or vivid) color; high (i. e., extensive, thorough) scholarship, etc.
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High time it is this war now ended were. Spenser.
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High sauces and spices are fetched from the Indies. Baker.
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4. (Cookery) Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures do not cook game before it is high.
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5. (Mus.) Acute or sharp; -- opposed to grave or low; as, a high note.
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6. (Phon.) Made with a high position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate, as ē (ēve), � (f�d). See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 10, 11.
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Coloq. High admiral , the chief admiral. -- Coloq. High altar , the principal altar in a church. -- Coloq. High and dry , out of water; out of reach of the current or tide; -- said of a vessel, aground or beached. -- Coloq. High and mighty arrogant; overbearing. [Colloq.] -- Coloq. High art , art which deals with lofty and dignified subjects and is characterized by an elevated style avoiding all meretricious display. -- Coloq. High bailiff , the chief bailiff. -- Coloq. High Church , and Coloq. Low Church , two ecclesiastical parties in the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church. The high-churchmen emphasize the doctrine of the apostolic succession, and hold, in general, to a sacramental presence in the Eucharist, to baptismal regeneration, and to the sole validity of Episcopal ordination. They attach much importance to ceremonies and symbols in worship. Low-churchmen lay less stress on these points, and, in many instances, reject altogether the peculiar tenets of the high-church school. See . -- Coloq. High constable (Law), a chief of constabulary. See , n., 2. -- Coloq. High commission court , a court of ecclesiastical jurisdiction in England erected and united to the regal power by Queen Elizabeth in 1559. On account of the abuse of its powers it was abolished in 1641. -- Coloq. High day (Script.), a holy or feast day. John xix. 31. -- Coloq. High festival (Eccl.), a festival to be observed with full ceremonial. -- Coloq. High German , or Coloq. High Dutch . See under . -- Coloq. High jinks , an old Scottish pastime; hence, noisy revelry; wild sport. [Colloq.] “All the high jinks of the county, when the lad comes of age.” F. Harrison. -- Coloq. High latitude (Geog.), one designated by the higher figures; consequently, a latitude remote from the equator. -- Coloq. High life , life among the aristocracy or the rich. -- Coloq. High liver , one who indulges in a rich diet. -- Coloq. High living , a feeding upon rich, pampering food. -- Coloq. High Mass . (R. C. Ch.) See under . -- Coloq. High milling , a process of making flour from grain by several successive grindings and intermediate sorting, instead of by a single grinding. -- Coloq. High noon , the time when the sun is in the meridian. -- Coloq. High place (Script.), an eminence or mound on which sacrifices were offered. -- Coloq. High priest . See in the Vocabulary. -- Coloq. High relief . (Fine Arts) See . -- Coloq. High school . See under . Coloq. High seas (Law), the open sea; the part of the ocean not in the territorial waters of any particular sovereignty, usually distant three miles or more from the coast line. Wharton. -- Coloq. High steam , steam having a high pressure. -- Coloq. High steward , the chief steward. -- Coloq. High tea , tea with meats and extra relishes. -- Coloq. High tide , the greatest flow of the tide; high water. -- Coloq. High time . (a) Quite time; full time for the occasion. (b) A time of great excitement or enjoyment; a carousal. [Slang] -- Coloq. High treason , treason against the sovereign or the state, the highest civil offense. See .
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☞ It is now sufficient to speak of high treason as treason simply, seeing that petty treason, as a distinct offense, has been abolished. Mozley & W.
-- Coloq. High water , the utmost flow or greatest elevation of the tide; also, the time of such elevation. -- Coloq. High-water mark . (a) That line of the seashore to which the waters ordinarily reach at high water. (b) A mark showing the highest level reached by water in a river or other body of fresh water, as in time of freshet. -- Coloq. High-water shrub (Bot.), a composite shrub (Iva frutescens), growing in salt marshes along the Atlantic coast of the United States. -- Coloq. High wine , distilled spirits containing a high percentage of alcohol; -- usually in the plural. -- Coloq. To be on a high horse , to be on one's dignity; to bear one's self loftily. [Colloq.] -- Coloq. With a high hand . (a) With power; in force; triumphantly. “The children of Israel went out with a high hand.” Ex. xiv. 8. (b) In an overbearing manner, arbitrarily. “They governed the city with a high hand.” Jowett (Thucyd. ).

Syn. -- Tall; lofty; elevated; noble; exalted; supercilious; proud; violent; full; dear. See .
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High (?), adv. In a high manner; in a high place; to a great altitude; to a great degree; largely; in a superior manner; eminently; powerfully. “And reasoned high.“ Milton. “I can not reach so high.” Shak.
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☞ High is extensively used in the formation of compound words, most of which are of very obvious signification; as, high-aimed, high-arched, high-aspiring, high-bearing, high-boasting, high-browed, high-crested, high-crowned, high-designing, high-engendered, high-feeding, high-flaming, high-flavored, high-gazing, high-heaped, high-heeled, high-priced, high-reared, high-resolved, high-rigged, high-seated, high-shouldered, high-soaring, high-towering, high-voiced, and the like.
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Coloq. High and low , everywhere; in all supposable places; as, I hunted high and low. [Colloq.]
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High, n. 1. An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.
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2. People of rank or high station; as, high and low.
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3. (Card Playing) The highest card dealt or drawn.
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Coloq. High, low, jack, and the game , a game at cards; -- also called all fours, old sledge, and seven up. -- Coloq. In high and low , utterly; completely; in every respect. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- Coloq. On high , aloft; above.
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The dayspring from on high hath visited us. Luke i. 78.
-- Coloq. The Most High , the Supreme Being; God.
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High (?), v. i. To rise; as, the sun higheth. [Obs.]
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high-and-mighty a. conceited and arrogant; imperious.
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highball (hīb�l), n. 1. An alcoholic beverage having a liquor such as whiskey mixed with water or a carbonated beverage, and usually served with ice in a tall glass. [wns=1]
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2. (Railroads) A railroad track signal permitting the engineer to proceed at full speed.
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Highbinder (?), n. A ruffian; one who hounds, or spies upon, another; app. esp. to the members of certain alleged societies among the Chinese. [U. S.]
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High-blown (?), a. Inflated, as with conceit.
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highboard n. a high diving board.
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Highborn (?), a. Of noble or aristocratic birth. Contrasted with lowborn and common. Shak.
Syn. -- aristocratic, blue-blooded, coroneted, gentle, patrician, titled, wellborn, upper-class.
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Highboy, n. 1. One who lives high; also, in politics, a highflyer.
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2. A kind of tall chest of drawers, with drawers up to near or above eye level and fouyr legs at the base; it is often divided into lower and upper sections, with the lower section somewhat wider than the upper; also called a tallboy. Compare lowboy. [U. S.] “Mahogany highboys glittering with brass handles.” K. L. Bates.
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High-bred (?), a. Bred in high life; of pure blood. Byron.
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highbrow n. a person of intellectual or erudite tastes; an intellectual.
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highbrow highbrowed adj. highly cultured or educated; pertaining to highly educated people; as, highbrow events such as the ballet or opera. [informal]
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High-built (?), a. Of lofty structure; tall. “High-built organs.” Tennyson.
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The high-built elephant his castle rears. Creech.
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highchair, high chair n. a chair designed for feeding a very young child, having four long legs and a footrest and a detachable tray, which rests in front of the child, holds the food, and also serves as a restraint, to keep the child from falling out of the chair.
Syn. -- feeding chair.
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High-church (?), a. Of or pertaining to, or favoring, the party called the High Church, or their doctrines or policy. See High Church, under , a.
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High-churchism (?), n. The principles of the high-church party.
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High-churchman (?), n.; pl. -men (�). One who holds high-church principles.
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High-churchman-ship, n. The state of being a high-churchman. J. H. Newman.
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High-colored (?), a. 1. Having a strong, deep, or glaring color; flushed. Shak.
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2. Vivid; strong or forcible in representation; hence, exaggerated; as, high-colored description.
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High-embowed (?), a. Having lofty arches. “The high-embowed roof.” Milton.
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High-energy physics (?), n. the branch of which studies collisions of particles accelerated to such high energy that new fundamental particles are generated in the process. The creation of new particles of very high energy is required to permit the study of the most fundamental relations between forms of matter, so as to understand the fundamental nature of matter. The high energies also reproduce the high-temperature conditions at the earliest phase of the big bang, allowing generation of some data relevant to understanding the nature and evolution of the universe.
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higher adj. prenom. 1. advanced in complexity or elaboration; as, higher mathematics.
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2. of or pertaining to education beyond the secondary level; as, higher education; higher learning.
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Higher criticism. Criticism which includes the study of the contents, literary character, date, authorship, etc., of any writing; as, the higher criticism of the Pentateuch. Called also historical criticism.

The comparison of the Hebrew and Greek texts . . . introduces us to a series of questions affecting the composition, the editing, and the collection of the sacred books. This class of questions forms the special subject of the branch of critical science which is usually distinguished from the verbal criticism of the text by the name of higher, or historical, criticism. W. Robertson Smith.
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Highering (?), a. Rising higher; ascending.
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In ever highering eagle circles. Tennyson.
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Higher National Diploma n. (Education) A certificate awarded for completing a course of vocational education beyond secondary school, preparing the student for a career in business or certain practical arts. It is a term used in the United Kingdom. [United Kingdom]
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higher programming language n. (Computers) A computer programming language with an instruction set allowing one instruction to code for several assembly language instructions. The aggregation of several assembly-language instructions into one instruction allows much greater efficiency in writing computer programs. Most programs are now written in some higher programming language, such as BASIC, FORTRAN, COBOL, C, C++, PROLOG, or JAVA.
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higher-ranking adj. having a rank above that of another.
Syn. -- ranking(prenominal), superior.
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higher-up, n. A superior officer or official; a person having greater rank or station or quality than others; -- used chiefly in pl. [Slang]
Syn. -- superior, superordinate.
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Higher thought. See , below.
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highfalutin highfaluting highfalutin' adj. Affectedly genteel; pretentious; haughty; snobbish. [Written also hifalutin.] [informal]
Syn. -- grandiose, hifalutin, hoity-toity, la-di-da.
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highfalutin, highfaluting (?), n. [Perh. a corruption of highflighting.] High-flown, bombastic language. [Written also hifalutin.] [Jocular, U. S.] Lowell.
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High-fed (?), a. Pampered; fed luxuriously.
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High-finished (?), a. Finished with great care; polished.
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High five. 1. See (the game).
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2. pl. a celebratory or mutually congratulatory gesture between two persons performed by each slapping the other's raised right hand. Also used as a verb.
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Highflier (?), n. 1. One who is extravagant in pretensions, opinions, or manners; one who is highfaluting. Swift.
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2. a person of great ability and ambition. [wns=1]
Syn. -- highflyer.
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High-flown (?), a. 1. Elevated; proud. “High-flown hopes.” Denham.
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2. Turgid; extravagant; bombastic; inflated; as, high-flown language. M. Arnold.
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High-flushed (?), a. Elated. Young.
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highflyer n. Same as .
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Highflying (?), a. 1. Extravagant in opinions or ambition. “Highflying, arbitrary kings.” Dryden.
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2. Flying at a high altitude; -- of airplanes.
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3. Having an excessively high cost or perceived value; temporarily very successful; -- of objects with respect to a market and people in their occupations; as, highflying internet stocks; highflying executives moving between companies.
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High-go (?), n. A spree; a revel. [Low]
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High-handed (?), a. Overbearing; oppressive; arbitrary; violent; as, a high-handed act.
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High-hearted (?), a. Full of courage or nobleness; high-souled. -- High-heartedness, n.
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High-hoe (?), n. (Zoöl.) The European green woodpecker or yaffle. [Written also high-hoo.]
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High-holder (?), n. (Zoöl.) The flicker; -- called also high-hole. [Local, U. S.]
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highjack v. t. same as . [Rare]
Syn. -- commandeer, hijack, high-jack, pirate, expropriate.
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highjack n. Same as .
Syn. -- hijack.
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highjacking n. The seizure of control of a vehicle while it is in transit, either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination.
Syn. -- hijacking.
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Highland (?), n. Elevated or mountainous land; (often in the pl.) an elevated region or country; as, the Highlands of Scotland.
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Coloq. Highland fling , a dance peculiar to the Scottish Highlanders; a sort of hornpipe.
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highland adj. of, located in, or characteristic of high or hilly country. Contrasted to lowland. [prenominal] [Narrower terms: alpestrine, subalpine ; alpine; mountain(prenominal) ; mountainous ]
Syn. -- upland.
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Highlander (?), n. 1. a soldier in a Scottish Highland regiment. [wns=1]
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2. An inhabitant of highlands, especially of the Highlands of Scotland. [wns=2]
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Highlandry (?), n. Highlanders, collectively.
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highlight v. t. 1. To emphasize or call attention to, by moving into the foreground or otherwise making more prominent.
Syn. -- foreground, spotlight, play up.
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2. To make (part of a text or image) more prominent, especially by making it of a lighter hue or of a different color than the remaining part.
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highlight n. The part of an image that has the most intense light.
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2. The most memorable or enjoyable part; -- of events or activities; as, the highlight of our trip was the tour of the Vatican.
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High-low (?), n. A laced boot, ankle high.
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Highly, adv. In a high manner, or to a high degree; very much; as, highly esteemed.
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highly-developed adj. 1. very complex or intricate; -- used especially of technology.
Syn. -- advanced.
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2. having most of its industrial production in the most modern state; -- used of countries and societies. Contrasted with undeveloped or developing.
Syn. -- industrialized, advanced, industrial.
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highly-sexed adj. having unusually intense sexual desire or appeal.
Syn. -- oversexed.
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Highmen (?), n. pl. Loaded dice so contrived as to turn up high numbers. [Obs] Sir J. Harrington.
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High-mettled (?), a. Having abundance of mettle; ardent; full of fire; as, a high-mettled steed.
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High-minded (?), a. 1. Proud; arrogant. [Obs.]
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Be not high-minded, but fear. Rom. xi. 20.
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2. Having, or characterized by, honorable pride; of or pertaining to elevated principles and feelings; magnanimous; -- opposed to mean.
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High-minded, manly recognition of those truths. A. Norton.
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High-mindedness, n. The quality of being highminded; nobleness; magnanimity.
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Highmost (?), a. Highest. [Obs.] Shak.
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Highness, n. [AS. heáhnes.] 1. The state of being high; elevation; loftiness.
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2. A title of honor given to kings, princes, or other persons of rank; as, His Royal Highness. Shak.
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High-palmed (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having high antlers; bearing full-grown antlers aloft.
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high-pitched adj. 1. high in pitch or frequency; -- used of sounds and voices. Opposite of low. [Narrower terms: adenoidal, pinched, nasal; altissimo; alto; countertenor, alto; falsetto; peaky, spiky; piping; shrill, sharp; screaky, screechy, squeaking, squeaky, squealing; soprano, treble; sopranino; tenor]
Syn. -- high.
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2. set at a sharp or high angle or slant; as, a high-pitched roof.
Syn. -- steeply pitched, steep.
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high-power high-powered adj. 1. vigorously energetic or forceful. high-powered executives
Syn. -- high-octane, high-voltage.
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2. capable of a high degree of magnification; -- used of optical instruments such as microscopes or telescopes. a high-powered microscope
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High-pressure (?; 135), a. 1. Having or involving a pressure greatly exceeding that of the atmosphere; -- said of steam, air, water, etc., and of steam, air, or hydraulic engines, water wheels, etc.
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2. Fig.: Urgent; intense; as, a high-pressure business or social life.
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3. Using intense psychological pressure or other incentives to convince others to do things; aggressively persistent; as, high-pressure salesmen; high-pressure tactics.
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Coloq. High-pressure engine , an engine in which steam at high pressure is used. It may be either a condensing or a noncondensing engine. Formerly the term was used only of the latter. See .
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High priest (?). (Eccl.) A chief priest; esp., the head of the Jewish priesthood.
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High-priesthood (?), n. The office, dignity, or position of a high priest.
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High-priestship, n. High-priesthood.
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High-principled (?), a. Possessed of noble or honorable principles.
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High-proof (?), a. 1. Highly rectified; very strongly alcoholic; as, high-proof spirits.
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2. So as to stand any test. “We are high-proof melancholy.” Shak.
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High-raised (?), a. 1. Elevated; raised aloft; upreared.
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2. Elated with great ideas or hopes. Milton.
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High-reaching (?), a. Reaching high or upward; hence, ambitious; aspiring. Shak.
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High-red (?), a. Of a strong red color.
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Highroad (?), n. A highway; a much traveled or main road. [Mostly British]
Syn. -- trunk road.
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high road n. The most ethical and honest method; -- used mostly in the phrase to take the high road (as in an election campaign). Contrasted with low road.
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highschool, high school n. a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12; as, he goes to the neighborhood highschool.
Syn. -- senior high school, senior high, high, high school.
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High-seasoned (?), a. Enriched with spice and condiments; hence, exciting; piquant.
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High-sighted (?), a. Looking upward; supercilious. Shak.
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High-souled (?), a. Having a high or noble spirit; honorable. E. Everett.
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High-sounding (?), a. Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles.
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high-speed adj. 1. same as ; as, fast film. Opposite of slow.
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2. performed at a high rate of speed; as, a high-speed auto chase on the freeway.
Syn. -- hot.
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High-spirited (?), a. Full of spirit or natural fire; haughty; courageous; impetuous; not brooking restraint or opposition.
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High steel. Steel containing a high percentage of carbon; high-carbon steel.
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High-stepper (?), n. A horse that moves with a high step or proud gait; hence, a person having a proud bearing. [Colloq.]
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high-stepping adj. 1. having or moving with a high step; as, a high-stepping horse.
Syn. -- high-stepped.
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High-stomached (?), a. Having a lofty spirit; haughty. [Obs.] Shak.
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High-strung (?), a. Strung to a high pitch; spirited; sensitive; as, a high-strung horse.
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High-swelling (?), a. Inflated; boastful.
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Hight (?), n. A variant of .
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Hight (?), v. t. & i. [imp. Hight, Hot (�), p. p. Hight, Hote (�), Hoten (�). See .] [OE. heiten, highten, haten, hoten; also hight, hatte, hette, is called, was called, AS. hātan to call, name, be called, to command, promise; also hātte is called, was called; akin to G. heissen to call, be called, bid, Goth. haitan to call, in the passive, to be called.] 1. To be called or named. [Archaic & Poetic.]
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☞ In the form hight, it is used in a passive sense as a present, meaning is called or named, also as a preterite, was called or named. This form has also been used as a past participle. See .
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The great poet of Italy,
That highte Dante. Chaucer.
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Bright was her hue, and Geraldine she hight. Surrey.
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Entered then into the church the Reverend Teacher.
Father he hight, and he was, in the parish. Longfellow.
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Childe Harold was he hight. Byron.
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2. To command; to direct; to impel. [Obs.]
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But the sad steel seized not where it was hight
Upon the child, but somewhat short did fall. Spenser.
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3. To commit; to intrust. [Obs.]
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Yet charge of them was to a porter hight. Spenser.
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4. To promise. [Obs.]
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He had hold his day, as he had hight. Chaucer.
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Hightener (?), n. That which heightens.
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Highth (hīth or hītth), n. Variant of . [Obs.]
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High-toned (?), a. 1. High in tone or sound.
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2. Elevated; high-principled; honorable.
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In whose high-toned impartial mind
Degrees of mortal rank and state
Seem objects of indifferent weight. Sir W. Scott.

3. pretentious, pompous.
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High-top (?), n. A ship's masthead. Shak.
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Highty-tighty (?), a. Hoity-toity.
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high-up n. an important or influential person.
Syn. -- very important person, VIP, dignitary, panjandrum.
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Highway (?), n. A road or way open to the use of the public, especially a paved main road or thoroughfare between towns; in the latter sense it contrasts with local street; as, on the highways and byways.

Syn. -- Way; road; path; course.
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Highwayman (?), n.; pl. Highwaymen (�). One who robs on the public road; a highway robber.
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Highway robbery (?), n. 1. Robbery committed on the public roads.
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2. An excessively high price or fee; -- used especially in situations where the buyer has little or no choice but to buy the item offered.
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high-voltage adj. 1. having, operating on, or powered by high voltage; as, a high-voltage generator; a high-voltage line.
Syn. -- high-tension.
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2. same as .
Syn. -- high-octane, high-powered, high-power.
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highwater, high water n. 1. the tide when the water is highest; high tide. [wns=1]
Syn. -- high tide, high water.
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2. Water at its highest level, as in a river during a flood.
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high-water a. Pertaining to water at its highest achieved level; of or pertaining to ; as, the high-water marks on the walls after a flood.
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High-wrought (?), a. 1. Wrought with fine art or skill; elaborate. [Obs.] Pope.
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2. Worked up, or swollen, to a high degree; as, a highwrought passion. “A high-wrought flood.” Shak.
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Higre (?), n. See . [Obs.] Drayton.
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Hig-taper (?), n. [Cf. .] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Verbascum (Verbascum Thapsus); the common mullein. [Also high-taper and hag-taper.]

Hijera (?), Hijra (�), n. See .
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Hike (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hiked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hiking.] [Cf. .] 1. To move with a swing, toss, throw, jerk, or the like. [Dial. or Colloq.]
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2. To raise with a quick movement.
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3. To raise (a price) quickly or significantly in a single step. They hiked gasoline prices twenty cents in less than a week.
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4. (Football) To pass (the ball) from the center to the quarterback at the start of the play; to (the ball).
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Hike (?), v. i. 1. To hike one's self; specif., to go with exertion or effort; to tramp; to march laboriously. [Dial. or Colloq.] “If you persist in heaving and hiking like this.” Kipling.

It's hike, hike, hike (march) till you stick in the mud, and then you hike back again a little slower than you went. Scribner's Mag.
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2. to take a long walk, especially for pleasure or exercise.
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Hike, n. 1. The act of hiking.
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2. A long walk usually for exercise or pleasure or exercise; a tramp; a march. [wns=1]
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With every hike there's a few laid out with their hands crossed. Scribner's Mag.
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3. an increase in cost, rate, etc.; as, there was a dramatic hike in gasoline prices; a hike in the interest rates. [wns=2]
Syn. -- rise, boost.
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4. Hence: the amount a salary is increased; as, he got a wage hike. [wns=3]
Syn. -- raise, rise.
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Hilal (?), a. Of or pertaining to a hilum.
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Hilar (?), a. (Bot.) Belonging to the hilum.
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Hilarious (?), a. [L. hilaris, hilarus, Gr. �; cf. � gracious, kindly.] Mirthful; noisy; merry.
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Hilarity (?; 277), n. [L. hilaritas: cf. F. hilarité. See .] Boisterous mirth; merriment; jollity. Goldsmith.
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☞ Hilarity differs from joy: the latter, excited by good news or prosperity, is an affection of the mind; the former, produced by social pleasure, drinking, etc., which rouse the animal spirits, is more demonstrative.

Syn. -- Glee; cheerfulness; mirth; merriment; gayety; joyousness; exhilaration; joviality; jollity.
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Hilary term (?). Formerly, one of the four terms of the courts of common law in England, beginning on the eleventh of January and ending on the thirty-first of the same month, in each year; -- so called from the festival of St. Hilary, January 13th.
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☞ The Hilary term is superseded by the Hilary sittings, which commence on the eleventh of January and end on the Wednesday before Easter. Mozley & W.
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Hilding (?), n. [Prob. a corruption of hindling, dim. of hind, adj. Cf. Prov. E. hilderling, hinderling. See .] A base, menial wretch. -- a. Base; spiritless. [Obs.] Shak.
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Hile (?), v. t. To hide. See . [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Hile (?), n. (Bot.) Same as .
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Hill (?), n. [OE. hil, hul, AS. hyll; akin to OD. hille, hil, L. collis, and prob. to E. haulm, holm, and column. Cf. 2d .] 1. A natural elevation of land, or a mass of earth rising above the common level of the surrounding land; an eminence less than a mountain.
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Every mountain and hill shall be made low. Is. xl. 4.
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2. The earth raised about the roots of a plant or cluster of plants. [U. S.] See , v. t.
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3. A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them; as, a hill of corn or potatoes. [U. S.]
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Coloq. Hill ant (Zoöl.), a common ant (Formica rufa), of Europe and America, which makes mounds or ant-hills over its nests. -- Coloq. Hill myna (Zoöl.), one of several species of birds of India, of the genus Gracula, and allied to the starlings. They are easily taught to speak many words. [Written also hill mynah.] See . -- Coloq. Hill partridge (Zoöl.), a partridge of the genus Aborophila, of which numerous species in habit Southern Asia and the East Indies. -- Coloq. Hill tit (Zoöl.), one of numerous species of small Asiatic singing birds of the family Leiotrichidæ. Many are beautifully colored.
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