High-hearted High"-heart`ed adjective Full of courage or nobleness; high-souled. -- High"- heart`ed*ness , noun

High-hoe High"-hoe` noun (Zoology) The European green woodpecker or yaffle. [ Written also high-hoo .]

High-holder High"-hold`er noun (Zoology) The flicker; -- called also high- hole . [ Local, U. S.]

High-low High"-low` noun A laced boot, ankle high.

High-mettled High"-met`tled adjective Having abundance of mettle; ardent; full of fire; as, a high-mettled steed.

High-minded High"-mind"ed adjective 1. Proud; arrogant. [ Obsolete]

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 .

High-minded , manly recognition of those truths.

A. Norton.

High-mindedness High"-mind`ed·ness noun The quality of being highminded; nobleness; magnanimity.

High-palmed High"-palmed` adjective (Zoology) Having high antlers; bearing full-grown antlers aloft.

High-pressure High"-pres`sure adjective 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.

2. Fig.: Urgent; intense; as, a high- pressure business or social life.

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 Steam engine .

High-priesthood High"-priest`hood noun The office, dignity, or position of a high priest.

High-priestship High"-priest`ship noun High- priesthood.

High-principled High"-prin`ci·pled adjective Possessed of noble or honorable principles.

High-proof High"-proof` adjective 1. Highly rectified; very strongly alcoholic; as, high-proof spirits.

2. So as to stand any test. "We are high-proof melancholy." Shak.

High-raised High"-raised` adjective 1. Elevated; raised aloft; upreared.

2. Elated with great ideas or hopes. Milton.

High-reaching High"-reach`ing adjective Reaching high or upward; hence, ambitious; aspiring. Shak.

High-red High"-red` adjective Of a strong red color.

High-seasoned High"-sea`soned adjective Enriched with spice and condiments; hence, exciting; piquant.

High-sighted High"-sight`ed adjective Looking upward; supercilious. Shak.

High-souled High"-souled` adjective Having a high or noble spirit; honorable. E. Everett.

High-sounding High"-sound`ing adjective Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles.

High-spirited High"-spir`it·ed adjective Full of spirit or natural fire; haughty; courageous; impetuous; not brooking restraint or opposition.

High-stepper High"-step`per noun A horse that moves with a high step or proud gait; hence, a person having a proud bearing. [ Colloq.]

High-stomached High"-stom`ached adjective Having a lofty spirit; haughty. [ Obsolete] Shak.

High-strung High"-strung` adjective Strung to a high pitch; spirited; sensitive; as, a high-strung horse.

High-swelling High"-swell`ing adjective Inflated; boastful.

High-toned High"-toned` adjective 1. High in tone or sound.

2. Elevated; high-principled; honorable.

In whose high-toned impartial mind
Degrees of mortal rank and state
Seem objects of indifferent weight.

Sir W. Scott.

High-top High"-top` noun A ship's masthead. Shak.

High-wrought High"-wrought` adjective 1. Wrought with fine art or skill; elaborate. [ Obsolete] Pope.

2. Worked up, or swollen, to a high degree; as, a highwrought passion. "A high-wrought flood." Shak.

Highbinder High"bind`er noun A ruffian; one who hounds, or spies upon, another; app. esp. to the members of certain alleged societies among the Chinese. [ U. S.]

Highborn High"born` adjective Of noble birth. Shak.

Highboy High"boy` noun 1. One who lives high; also, in politics, a highflyer.

2. A kind of set of drawers. [ U. S.] "Mahogany highboys glittering with brass handles." K. Latin Bates.

Higher criticism High"er crit"i·cism 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.

Higher thought Higher thought See New thought , below.

Higher-up High"er-up" noun A superior officer or official; -- used chiefly in pl . [ Slang]

Highering High"er·ing adjective Rising higher; ascending.

In ever highering eagle circles.

Tennyson.

Highfaluting High`fa·lu"ting noun [ Perh. a corruption of highflighting .] High-flown, bombastic language. [ Written also hifalutin .] [ Jocular, U. S.] Lowell.

Highflier High"fli`er noun One who is extravagant in pretensions, opinions, or manners. Swift.

Highflying High"fly`ing adjective Extravagant in opinions or ambition. " Highflying , arbitrary kings." Dryden.

Highland High"land noun Elevated or mountainous land; (often in the plural ) an elevated region or country; as, the Highlands of Scotland.

Highland fling , a dance peculiar to the Scottish Highlanders; a sort of hornpipe.

Highlander High"land·er noun An inhabitant of highlands, especially of the Highlands of Scotland.

Highlandry High"land·ry noun Highlanders, collectively.

Highly High"ly adverb In a high manner, or to a high degree; very much; as, highly esteemed.

Highmen High"men noun plural Loaded dice so contrived as to turn up high numbers. [ Obs] Sir J. Harrington.

Highmost High"most` adjective Highest. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Highness High"ness noun [ Anglo-Saxon heáhnes .] 1. The state of being high; elevation; loftiness.

2. A title of honor given to kings, princes, or other persons of rank; as, His Royal Highness . Shak.

Highroad High"road` noun A highway; a much traveled or main road.

Hight Hight noun A variant of Height .

Hight Hight transitive verb & i. [ imperfect Hight , Hot past participle Hight , Hote Hoten See Hote .] [ Middle English heiten , highten , haten , hoten ; also hight , hatte , hette , is called, was called, Anglo-Saxon hātan to call, name, be called, to command, promise; also hātte is called, was called; akin to German heissen to call, be called, bid, Goth. haitan to call, in the passive, to be called.] 1. To be called or named. [ Archaic & Poetic.]

» 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 .

The great poet of Italy,
That highte Dante.

Chaucer.

Bright was her hue, and Geraldine she hight .

Surrey.

Entered then into the church the Reverend Teacher.
Father he hight , and he was, in the parish.

Longfellow.

Childe Harold was he hight .

Byron.

2. To command; to direct; to impel. [ Obsolete]

But the sad steel seized not where it was hight
Upon the child, but somewhat short did fall.

Spenser.

3. To commit; to intrust. [ Obsolete]

Yet charge of them was to a porter hight .

Spenser.

4. To promise. [ Obsolete]

He had hold his day, as he had hight .

Chaucer.

Hightener Hight"en·er noun That which heightens.

Highth Highth (hīth or hītth) noun Variant of Height . [ Obsolete]

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