Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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High'-heart'ed, a. p. 627Full of courage. Beau. & Fl.High'-heeled, a. p. 627Having high heels; as, a high-heeled shoe.High'-hung, a. p. 627Hung aloft; elevated. Dryden.High'land, n. p. 627Elevated land; a mountainous region.Hīgh'land-er, n. p. 627An inhabitant of highlands; especially of the Highlands of Scotland.High'land-ish, a. p. 627Characterized by high or mountainous land. Drummond.High'-lift, v. t. p. 627To lift or raise aloft. Cowper.High'-lived, a. p. 627Pertaining to high life. Goldsmith.High'-lōne, a. p. 627Entirely alone. [Obs.] Marston.High'-lōw, n. p. 627An ankle-boot; hence, sometimes, a cast name given to the wearer. Thackeray.High'ly, adv. p. 627In a high manner, or to a high degree.High'-men, n. pl. p. 627Loaded dice contrived so as invariably to turn up high numbers. Harrington.High'-mēt'tled, a. p. 627Having high spirit; ardent; full of fire; as, a high-mettled steed.High'-mind'ed, a. p. 627Proud; arrogant. Be not high-minded, but fear. Rom. xi. 20. 2. Having, or characterized by, honorable pride; of, or pertaining to, elevated principles and feelings; magnanimous;—opposed to mean. “An…High'-mind'ed-ness, n. p. 627State of being high-minded.Hīgh'mōst, a. p. 627Highest. [Obs.] Shaks.High'-ness, n. p. 627The state of being high, in all its various senses. 2. A title of honor given to princes or other men of rank.High'-prĕss'ŭre, a. p. 627(Steam-eng.) Having or involving a pressure exceeding that of the atmosphere; or, in a more restricted sense, exceeding about fifty pounds on the square inch;—said of steam and steam-engines.…High'-priestship, n. p. 627Office of a high-priest.High'-sprīw'ep'ied, a. p. 627Possessed of noble or honorable principles. 2. Extravagant in notions of politics. Swift.High'-proof, a. p. 627Highly rectified; very strongly alcoholic; as, high-proof spirits.High'-vālsæd, a. p. 627Elevated; raised aloft. 2. Raised or elated with great expectations or conceptions. Milton.High'-rēach'ing, a. p. 627Reaching to a great height. 2. Reaching upward. Milton. 3. Ambitious; aspiring. Shaks.High'-rĕd, a. p. 627Having a strong red color; deeply red. Boyle.High'-rōad, n. p. 627A highway; a much frequented or traveled road.High'-rō'pes, n. pl. p. 627Excitement; intense passion; as, a person is said to be on his high-ropes when he is greatly elevated or excited, especially by passion. [Low.] Grose.High'-sēa'soned, a. p. 627Enriched with spices or other seasoning.High'-sight-ed, a. p. 627Always looking upward. Shaks.High'-sōuled, a. p. 627Having a high spirit. Everett.High'-sounding, a. p. 627Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles.High'-spir'it-ed, a. p. 627Full of spirit or natural fire; easily irritated; irascible. 2. Full of spirit; bold; daring.High'-stōm'ached, a. p. 627Having a lofty spirit; proud; obstinate. Shak.High'-strŭng, a. p. 627Strong to a full tone, or high pitch; hence, spirited or obstinate; as, a high-strung horse.High'-swelling, a. p. 627Swelling greatly; inflated; boastful.Hight, n. p. 627The same as HEIGHT.Hight, v. t. & i. p. 627To be called or named; to command; to commit or intrust; to promise. [Obs.] “As he that ever I hote” [i. e., named or mentioned]. Spencer. What better dowre can to a dame be hight [i. e., given or…High'-tā'per, n. p. 627(Bot.) A plant of the genus Verbascum (V. thapsus); the common mullein; — called also shepherd's-chub.High'-tāst'ed, a. p. 627Having a strong relish; piquant; gustful. Denham.Hight'en-er, n. p. 627One who, or that which, heightens.Highth, n. p. 627The same as HIGHT. [Obs.] Milton.High'-tōned, a. p. 627High in tone or sound; hence, nobly elevated; as, a high-toned character. “High-toned mind.” W. Scott.High'-tŏp, n. p. 627The summit of a ship. Shak. 2. A kind of apple.High'-vīçed, a. p. 627Enormously wicked. Shak.High'-wrought, a. p. 627Wrought with exquisite art or skill; accurately finished. Pope. 2. Inflamed to a high degree; as, high-wrought passion.High'wāy, n. p. 627A public road; a way open to all passengers. Syn.—Way; road; path; course.High'wāy-man, n. i. pl. p. 627HIGH'WĀY-MEN. One who robs on the public road; a highway robber.Hī'lar, a. p. 627(Bot.) Belonging to the hilum of a seed.Hi'la-rāte, v. t. p. 627The same as EXHILA-RATE. [Obs.] Cudworth.Hi-lā'ri-oŭs, a. p. 627Mirthful; merry.Hi-lār'i-ty or Hi-lăr'i-ty, n. p. 627A pleasurable excitement of the animal spirits; mirth; merriment; gayety. Hilarity differs from joy; the latter, excited by good news or prosperity, is an affection of the mind; the former, by social…Hil'a-ry Tĕrm p. 627One 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. Wharton.Hild'ing, n. p. 627A mean, sorry, paltry man or woman; a dastard. [Obs.]Hild'ing, a. p. 627Wanting spirit; cowardly. [Obs. and rare.] “Such a hilding foe.” Shak.Hīle, n. p. 627(Bot.) The same as HILUM, q. v.Hĭll'ing, n. p. 627See HELLING.HILL, n. p. 627A natural elevation of land, or a mass of earth rising above the common level of the surrounding land; an eminence less than a mountain. 2. The earth raised about the root of a plant or cluster of…Hill, v. t. p. 627To surround with earth; as, to hill corn. Squanto showed them how to plant and hill it. Palfrey. 2. To cover. [Obs.] See HILL.Hill'i-ness, n. p. 627The state of being hilly.Hill'ing, n. p. 627The act of raising the earth around plants. 2. A covering. [Obs.]Hill'ock, n. p. 627A small hill.