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hight
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hight
(gcide) | Height \Height\ (h[imac]t), n. [Written also hight.] [OE.
heighte, heght, heighthe, AS. he['a]h[eth]u, h[=e]h[eth]u fr.
heah high; akin to D. hoogte, Sw. h["o]jd, Dan. h["o]ide,
Icel. h[ae][eth], Goth. hauhi[thorn]a. See High.]
1. The condition of being high; elevated position.
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Behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
--Job xxii.
12.
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2. The distance to which anything rises above its foot, above
that on which in stands, above the earth, or above the
level of the sea; altitude; the measure upward from a
surface, as the floor or the ground, of an animal,
especially of a man; stature. --Bacon.
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[Goliath's] height was six cubits and a span. --1
Sam. xvii. 4.
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3. Degree of latitude either north or south. [Obs.]
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Guinea lieth to the north sea, in the same height as
Peru to the south. --Abp. Abbot.
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4. That which is elevated; an eminence; a hill or mountain;
as, Alpine heights. --Dryden.
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5. Elevation in excellence of any kind, as in power,
learning, arts; also, an advanced degree of social rank;
pre["e]minence or distinction in society; prominence.
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Measure your mind's height by the shade it casts.
--R. Browning.
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All would in his power hold, all make his subjects.
--Chapman.
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6. Progress toward eminence; grade; degree.
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Social duties are carried to greater heights, and
enforced with stronger motives by the principles of
our religion. --Addison.
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7. Utmost degree in extent; extreme limit of energy or
condition; as, the height of a fever, of passion, of
madness, of folly; the height of a tempest.
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My grief was at the height before thou camest.
--Shak.
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On height, aloud. [Obs.]
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[He] spake these same words, all on hight.
--Chaucer.
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Hight
(gcide) | Hight \Hight\, v. t. & i. [imp. Hight, Hot, p. p. Hight,
Hote (?), Hoten (?). See Hote.] [OE. heiten, highten,
haten, hoten; also hight, hatte, hette, is called, was
called, AS. h[=a]tan to call, name, be called, to command,
promise; also h[=a]tte 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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Note: 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 Hote.
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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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Hight
(gcide) | Hight \Hight\, n.
A variant of Height.
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Behight
(gcide) | Behight \Be*hight"\, v. t. [imp. Behight; p. p. Behight,
Behoten.] [OE. bihaten, AS. beh[=a]tan to vow, promise;
pref. be- + h[=a]tan to call, command. See Hight, v.] [Obs.
in all its senses.]
1. To promise; to vow.
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Behight by vow unto the chaste Minerve. --Surrey.
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2. To give in trust; to commit; to intrust.
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The keys are to thy hand behight. --Spenser.
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3. To adjudge; to assign by authority.
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The second was to Triamond behight. --Spenser.
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4. To mean, or intend.
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More than heart behighteth. --Mir. for
Mag.
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5. To consider or esteem to be; to declare to be.
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All the lookers-on him dead behight. --Spenser.
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6. To call; to name; to address.
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Whom . . . he knew and thus behight. --Spenser.
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7. To command; to order.
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He behight those gates to be unbarred. --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]Behight \Be*hight"\, n.
A vow; a promise. [Obs.] --Surrey.
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Hight
(gcide) | Height \Height\ (h[imac]t), n. [Written also hight.] [OE.
heighte, heght, heighthe, AS. he['a]h[eth]u, h[=e]h[eth]u fr.
heah high; akin to D. hoogte, Sw. h["o]jd, Dan. h["o]ide,
Icel. h[ae][eth], Goth. hauhi[thorn]a. See High.]
1. The condition of being high; elevated position.
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Behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
--Job xxii.
12.
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2. The distance to which anything rises above its foot, above
that on which in stands, above the earth, or above the
level of the sea; altitude; the measure upward from a
surface, as the floor or the ground, of an animal,
especially of a man; stature. --Bacon.
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[Goliath's] height was six cubits and a span. --1
Sam. xvii. 4.
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3. Degree of latitude either north or south. [Obs.]
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Guinea lieth to the north sea, in the same height as
Peru to the south. --Abp. Abbot.
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4. That which is elevated; an eminence; a hill or mountain;
as, Alpine heights. --Dryden.
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5. Elevation in excellence of any kind, as in power,
learning, arts; also, an advanced degree of social rank;
pre["e]minence or distinction in society; prominence.
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Measure your mind's height by the shade it casts.
--R. Browning.
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All would in his power hold, all make his subjects.
--Chapman.
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6. Progress toward eminence; grade; degree.
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Social duties are carried to greater heights, and
enforced with stronger motives by the principles of
our religion. --Addison.
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7. Utmost degree in extent; extreme limit of energy or
condition; as, the height of a fever, of passion, of
madness, of folly; the height of a tempest.
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My grief was at the height before thou camest.
--Shak.
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On height, aloud. [Obs.]
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[He] spake these same words, all on hight.
--Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]Hight \Hight\, v. t. & i. [imp. Hight, Hot, p. p. Hight,
Hote (?), Hoten (?). See Hote.] [OE. heiten, highten,
haten, hoten; also hight, hatte, hette, is called, was
called, AS. h[=a]tan to call, name, be called, to command,
promise; also h[=a]tte 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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Note: 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 Hote.
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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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A variant of Height.
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high-taper
(gcide) | Hig-taper \Hig"-ta`per\, n. [Cf. Hag-taper.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus Verbascum (Verbascum Thapsus); the
common mullein. [Also high-taper and hag-taper.] Hijera |
highten
(gcide) | Heighten \Height"en\ (h[imac]t"'n), v. t. [Written also
highten.] [imp. & p. p. Heightened; p. pr. & vb. n.
Heightening.]
1. To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
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2. To carry forward; to advance; to increase; to augment; to
aggravate; to intensify; to render more conspicuous; --
used of things, good or bad; as, to heighten beauty; to
heighten a flavor or a tint. "To heighten our confusion."
--Addison.
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An aspect of mystery which was easily heightened to
the miraculous. --Hawthorne.
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Hightener
(gcide) | Hightener \Hight"en*er\, n.
That which heightens.
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Highth
(gcide) | Highth \Highth\ (h[imac]th or h[imac]tth), n.
Variant of Height. [Obs.]
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High-toned
(gcide) | High-toned \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
(gcide) | High-top \High"-top`\, n.
A ship's masthead. --Shak.
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Highty-tighty
(gcide) | Highty-tighty \High"ty-tigh"ty\, a.
Hoity-toity.
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hightail
(wn) | hightail
v 1: leave as fast as possible; "We hightailed it when we saw
the police walking in" |
hightail it
(wn) | hightail it
v 1: flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this
man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed
up" [syn: scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam,
run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills,
take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, {break
away}] |
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