Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Hill'-side, n. p. 627The side or declivity of a hill.Hill'-tōp, n. p. 627The top of a hill.Hill'y, a. p. 627Abounding with hills; as, a hilly country.Hilt, n. p. 627The handle of any thing, especially of a cutting instrument, as a knife or sword.Hilt'ed, a. p. 627Having a hilt.Hī'lum, n. p. 627(Bot.) The eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar of the point of attachment of an ovule or seed to its base. [Written also hile.] Martyn.Him, pron. p. 628The objective case of he;—anciently em or im. See HE. Him that is weak in the faith receive. Rom. xiv. 1. ☞ Him and his were formerly used for nouns of the neuter gender; but the practice is obsolete.Hĭm'a-lay̆'an, a. p. 628(Geog.) Of, or relating to, the Himalaya, a range of lofty mountains north of India.Him-sĕlf', pron. p. 628An emphasized form of the third person masculine pronoun;—used as a subject with he; as, he himself will bear the blame;—used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective cases; as…Him-yăr'ic or Hĭm'ya-rĭt'ic, a. p. 628Pertaining to Himyar, an ancient king of Yemen, in Arabia, or to his descendants, or people; as, the Himyaritic language. S. Davidson.Hĭn, n. p. 628A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing about six quarts English measure.Hind, n. p. 628The female of the red deer or stag.Hind, n. p. 628A domestic; a servant. [Obs.] Shak. 2. A peasant; a rustic; a countryman; a swain; a boor; or a husbandman's servant. [Eng.] This hind, that homeward driving the slow steer, / Tells how man's daily…Hind, a. p. 628Placed in the rear, and not in front; pertaining to the part which follows, in opposition to the fore part; as, the hind legs of a quadruped; the hind toes; the hind shoes of a horse; the hind part…Hind'bĕr-ry, n. p. 628The raspberry. [Prov. Eng.]