Chapter 104

High, n. 1. An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.

2. People of rank or high station; as, high and low.

3. (Card Playing) The highest card dealt or drawn.

High, low, jack, and the game, a game at cards; -- also called all fours, old sledge, and seven up. -- In high and low, utterly; completely; in every respect. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- On high, aloft; above.

The dayspring from on high hath visited us.

Luke i. 78.

-- The Most High, the Supreme Being; God.

High (?), v. i. To rise; as, the sun higheth. [Obs.]

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

High"-blown` (?), a. Inflated, as with conceit.

High"born` (?), a. Of noble birth. Shak.

High"-bred` (?), a. Bred in high life; of pure blood. Byron.

High"-built` (?), a. Of lofty structure; tall. "High-built organs." Tennyson.

The high-built elephant his castle rears.

Creech.

High"-church` (?), a. Of or pertaining to, or favoring, the party called the High Church, or their doctrines or policy. See High Church, under High, a.

High"-church`ism (?), n. The principles of the high-church party.

High"-church`man (?), n.; pl. -men (&?;). One who holds high-church principles.

High"-church`man-ship, n. The state of being a high-churchman. J. H. Newman.

High"-col`ored (?), a. 1. Having a strong, deep, or glaring color; flushed. Shak.

2. Vivid; strong or forcible in representation; hence, exaggerated; as, high-colored description.

High"-em*bowed ` (?), a. Having lofty arches. "The high-embowed roof." Milton.

High"er*ing (?), a. Rising higher; ascending.

In ever highering eagle circles.

Tennyson.

High`fa*lu"ting (?), n. [Perh. a corruption of highflighting.] High-flown, bombastic language. [Written also hifalutin.] [Jocular, U. S.] Lowell.

High"-fed` (?), a. Pampered; fed luxuriously.

High"-fin`ished (?), a. Finished with great care; polished.

High"fli`er (?), n. One who is extravagant in pretensions, opinions, or manners. Swift.

High"-flown` (?), a. 1. Elevated; proud. "High-flown hopes." Denham.

2. Turgid; extravagant; bombastic; inflated; as, high-flown language. M. Arnold.

High"-flushed` (?), a. Elated. Young.

High"fly`ing (?), a. Extravagant in opinions or ambition. "Highflying, arbitrary kings." Dryden.

High"-go` (?), n. A spree; a revel. [Low]

High"-hand`ed (?), a. Overbearing; oppressive; arbitrary; violent; as, a high-handed act.

High"-heart`ed (?), a. Full of courage or nobleness; high-souled. -- High"- heart`ed*ness, n.

High"-hoe` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The European green woodpecker or yaffle. [Written also high-hoo.]

High"-hold`er (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The flicker; -- called also high- hole. [Local, U. S.]

High"land (?), n. Elevated or mountainous land; (often in the pl.) an elevated region or country; as, the Highlands of Scotland.

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

High"land*er (?), n. An inhabitant of highlands, especially of the Highlands of Scotland.

High"land*ry (?), n. Highlanders, collectively.

High"-low` (?), n. A laced boot, ankle high.

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

High"men (?), n. pl. Loaded dice so contrived as to turn up high numbers. [Obs] Sir J. Harrington.

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

High"-mind"ed (?), a. 1. Proud; arrogant. [Obs.]

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"-mind`ed*ness, n. The quality of being highminded; nobleness; magnanimity.

High"most` (?), a. Highest. [Obs.] Shak.

High"ness, n. [AS. he·hnes.] 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.

High"-palmed` (?), a. (Zoˆl.) Having high antlers; bearing full-grown antlers aloft.

High"-pres`sure (?; 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.

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" priest` (?). (Eccl.) A chief priest; esp., the head of the Jewish priesthood.

High"-priest`hood (?), n. The office, dignity, or position of a high priest.

High"-priest`ship, n. High- priesthood.

High"-prin`ci*pled (?), a. Possessed of noble or honorable principles.

High"-proof` (?), a. 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` (?), a. 1. Elevated; raised aloft; upreared.

2. Elated with great ideas or hopes. Milton.

High"-reach`ing (?), a. Reaching high or upward; hence, ambitious; aspiring. Shak.

High"-red` (?), a. Of a strong red color.

High"road` (?), n. A highway; a much traveled or main road.

High"-sea`soned (?), a. Enriched with spice and condiments; hence, exciting; piquant.

High"-sight`ed (?), a. Looking upward; supercilious. Shak.

High"-souled` (?), a. Having a high or noble spirit; honorable. E. Everett.

High"-sound`ing (?), a. Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles.

High"-spir`it*ed (?), a. Full of spirit or natural fire; haughty; courageous; impetuous; not brooking restraint or opposition.

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

High"-stom`ached (?), a. Having a lofty spirit; haughty. [Obs.] Shak.

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

High"-swell`ing (?), a. Inflated; boastful.

Hight (?), n. A variant of Height.

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. htan to call, name, be called, to command, promise; also htte 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.]

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. [Obs.]

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

Spenser.

3. To commit; to intrust. [Obs.]

Yet charge of them was to a porter hight.

Spenser.

4. To promise. [Obs.]

He had hold his day, as he had hight.

Chaucer.

Hight"en*er (?), n. That which heightens.

Highth (hth or htth), n. Variant of Height. [Obs.]

High"-toned` (?), a. 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` (?), n. A ship's masthead. Shak.

High"ty-tigh"ty (?), a. Hoity- toity.

High"way` (?), n. A road or way open to the use of the public; a main road or thoroughfare.

Syn. -- Way; road; path; course.

High"way`man (?), n.; pl. Highwaymen (&?;). One who robs on the public road; a highway robber.

High"-wrought` (?), a. 1. Wrought with fine art or skill; elaborate. [Obs.] Pope.

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

Hi"gre (?), n. See Eagre. [Obs.] Drayton.

Hig"-ta`per (?), n. [Cf. Hag- taper.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Verbascum (V. Thapsus); the common mullein. [Also high-taper and hag-taper.]

Hij"e*ra (?), Hij"ra (&?;), n. See Hegira.

Hi"lal (?), a. Of or pertaining to a hilum.

Hi"lar (?), a. (Bot.) Belonging to the hilum.

Hi*la"ri*ous (?), a. [L. hilaris, hilarus, Gr. &?;; cf. &?; gracious, kindly.] Mirthful; noisy; merry.

Hi*lar"i*ty (?; 277), n. [L. hilaritas: cf. F. hilaritÈ. See Hilarious.] Boisterous mirth; merriment; jollity. Goldsmith.

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.

Hil"a*ry 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.

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.

Hil"ding (?), n. [Prob. a corruption of hindling, dim. of hind, adj. Cf. Prov. E. hilderling, hinderling. See Hinderling.] A base, menial wretch. -- a. Base; spiritless. [Obs.] Shak.

Hile (?), v. t. To hide. See Hele. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Hile (?), n. (Bot.) Same as Hilum.

Hill (?), n. [OE. hil, hul, AS. hyll; akin to OD. hille, hil, L. collis, and prob. to E. haulm, holm, and column. Cf. 2d Holm.] 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.

Every mountain and hill shall be made low.

Is. xl. 4.

2. The earth raised about the roots of a plant or cluster of plants. [U. S.] See Hill, v. t.

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.]

Hill ant (Zoˆl.), a common ant (Formica rufa), of Europe and America, which makes mounds or ant-hills over its nests. -- Hill myna (Zoˆl.), 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 Myna. -- Hill partridge (Zoˆl.), a partridge of the genus Aborophila, of which numerous species in habit Southern Asia and the East Indies. -- Hill tit (Zoˆl.), one of numerous species of small Asiatic singing birds of the family LeiotrichidÊ. Many are beautifully colored.

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Hill (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hilled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hilling.] To surround with earth; to heap or draw earth around or upon; as, to hill corn.

Showing them how to plant and hill it.

Palfrey.

Hill"i*ness (?), n. The state of being hilly.

Hill"ing, n. The act or process of heaping or drawing earth around plants.

Hill"ock (?), n. A small hill. Shak.

Hill"side` (?), n. The side or declivity of a hill.

Hill"top` (?), n. The top of a hill.

Hill"y (?), a. 1. Abounding with hills; uneven in surface; as, a hilly country. "Hilly steep." Dryden.

2. Lofty; as, hilly empire. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Hilt (?), n. [AS. hilt, hilte; akin to OHG. helza, Prov. G. hilze, Icel. hjalt.] 1. A handle; especially, the handle of a sword, dagger, or the like.

Hilt"ed, a. Having a hilt; -- used in composition; as, basket-hilted, cross- hilted.

Hi"lum (?), n. [L., a little thing, trifle.] 1. (Bot.) The eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar at the point of attachment of an ovule or seed to its base or support; -- called also hile.

2. (Anat.) The part of a gland, or similar organ, where the blood vessels and nerves enter; the hilus; as, the hilum of the kidney.

||Hi"lus (?), n. [NL.] (Anat.) Same as Hilum, 2.

Him (?), pron. Them. See Hem. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Him, pron. [AS. him, dat. of h. &radic;183. See He.] The objective case of he. See He.

Him that is weak in the faith receive.

Rom. xiv. 1.

Friends who have given him the most sympathy.

Thackeray.

In old English his and him were respectively the genitive and dative forms of it as well as of he. This use is now obsolete. Poetically, him is sometimes used with the reflexive sense of himself.

I never saw but Humphrey, duke of Gloster, Did bear him like a noble gentleman.

Shak.

Hi*ma"la*yan (?), a. [Skr. himlaya, prop., the abode of snow.] Of or pertaining to the Himalayas, the great mountain chain in Hindostan.

Himp"ne (?), n. A hymn. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Him*self" (?), pron. 1. An emphasized form of the third person masculine pronoun; -- used as a subject usually with he; as, he himself will bear the blame; used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, it is himself who saved himself.

But he himself returned from the quarries.

Judges iii. 19.

David hid himself in the field.

1 Sam. xx. 24.

The Lord himself shall give you a sign.

Is. vii. 14.

Who gave himself for us, that he might . . . purify unto himself a peculiar people.

Titus ii. 14.

With shame remembers, while himself was one Of the same herd, himself the same had done.

Denham.

Himself was formerly used instead of itself. See Note under Him.

It comprehendeth in himself all good.

Chaucer.

2. One's true or real character; one's natural temper and disposition; the state of being in one's right or sane mind (after unconsciousness, passion, delirium, or abasement); as, the man has come to himself.

By himself, alone; unaccompanied; apart; sequestered; as, he sits or studies by himself. -- To leave one to himself, to withdraw from him; to let him take his own course.

Him*self" (?), Him*selve" (&?;), Him*selv"en (&?;), pron. pl. Themselves. See Hemself. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Him*selve" (?), pron. See 1st Himself. [Obs.]

{ Him*yar"ic (?), Him`ya*rit"ic (?), } a. Pertaining to Himyar, an ancient king of Yemen, in Arabia, or to his successors or people; as, the Himjaritic characters, language, etc.; applied esp. to certain ancient inscriptions showing the primitive type of the oldest form of the Arabic, still spoken in Southern Arabia. Brande & C.

Hin (?), n. [Heb. hn.] A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing three quarts, one pint, one gill, English measure. W. H. Ward.

Hind (?), n. [AS. hind; akin to D. hinde, OHG. hinta, G. hinde, hindin, Icel., Sw., & Dan. hind, and perh. to Goth. hinpan to seize (in comp.), E. hunt, or cf. Gr. &?; a young deer.] 1. (Zoˆl.) The female of the red deer, of which the male is the stag.

2. (Zoˆl.) A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus, as E. apua of Bermuda, and E. Drummond-hayi of Florida; -- called also coney, John Paw, spotted hind.

Hind, n. [OE. hine, AS. hne, hna, orig. gen. pl. of hwan domestics; akin to Icel. hj man and wife, domestics, family, Goth. heiwafrauja master of the house, G. heirath marriage; cf. L. civis citizen, E. city or E. home. Cf. Hide a measure of land.] 1. A domestic; a servant. [Obs.] Shak.

2. A peasant; a rustic; a farm servant. [Eng.]

The hind, that homeward driving the slow steer Tells how man's daily work goes forward here.

Trench.

Hind, a. [Compar. Hinder (?); superl. Hindmost (?), or Hindermost (&?;).] [OE. hind, adv., back, AS. hindan behind. See Hinder, a.] In the rear; -- opposed to front; of or pertaining to the part or end which follows or is behind, in opposition to the part which leads or is before; as, the hind legs or hind feet of a quadruped; the hind man in a procession.

Hind"ber*ry (?), n. [AS. hindberie; akin to OHG. hintberi, G. himbeere. So called because hinds or stags are fond of them. See 1st Hind, and Berry.] The raspberry. [Prov. Eng.]

Hind"brain` (?), n. [Hind, adj. + brain.] (Anat.) The posterior of the three principal divisions of the brain, including the epencephalon and metencephalon. Sometimes restricted to the epencephalon only.

Hind"er (?), a. [OE. hindere, AS. hinder, adv., behind; akin to OHG. hintar, prep., behind, G. hinter, Goth. hindar; orig. a comparative, and akin to AS. hine hence. See Hence, He, and cf. Hind, a., Hindmost.] Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear, or which follows; as, the hinder part of a wagon; the hinder parts of a horse.

He was in the hinder part of the ship.

Mark iv. 38.

Hin"der (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hindered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hindering.] [OE. hindren, hinderen, AS. hindrian, fr. hinder behind; akin to D. hinderen, G. hindern, OHG. hintar&?;n, Icel. & Sw. hindra, Dan. hindre. See Hinder, a.] 1. To keep back or behind; to prevent from starting or moving forward; to check; to retard; to obstruct; to bring to a full stop; -- often followed by from; as, an accident hindered the coach; drought hinders the growth of plants; to hinder me from going.

Them that were entering in ye hindered.

Luke xi. 52.

I hinder you too long.

Shak.

2. To prevent or embarrass; to debar; to shut out.

What hinders younger brothers, being fathers of families, from having the same right?

Locke.

Syn. -- To check; retard; impede; delay; block; clog; prevent; stop; interrupt; counteract; thwart; oppose; obstruct; debar; embarrass.

Hin"der, v. i. To interpose obstacles or impediments; to be a hindrance.

This objection hinders not but that the heroic action of some commander . . . may be written.

Dryden.

Hin"der*ance (?). n. Same as Hindrance.

Hin"der*er (?), n. One who, or that which, hinders.

Hind"er*est (?), a. Hindermost; -- superl. of Hind, a. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Hind"er*ling (?), n. [AS. hinderling one who comes behind his ancestors, fr. AS. hinder behind. See Hinder, a., and cf. Hilding.] A worthless, base, degenerate person or animal. [Obs.] Callander.

{ Hind"er*most`, Hind"most` } (?), a. [The superlative of hind. See Hind, a.] [Cf. AS. hindema (akin to Goth. hindumists), a superlative from the same source as the comparative hinder. See Hinder, a., and cf. Aftermost.] Furthest in or toward the rear; last. "Rachel and Joseph hindermost." Gen. xxxiii. 2.

Hind"gut` (?), n. [Hind, a. + gut.] (Anat.) The posterior part of the alimentary canal, including the rectum, and sometimes the large intestine also.

Hin"di (?), n. [Prop. a Per. adj. meaning, Indian, Hindoo.] The name given by Europeans to that form of the Hindustani language which is chiefly spoken by native Hindoos. In employs the Devanagari character, in which Sanskrit is written. Whitworth.

Hind"ley"s screw` (?). (Mech.) A screw cut on a solid whose sides are arcs of the periphery of a wheel into the teeth of which the screw is intended to work. It is named from the person who first used the form.

{ Hin"doo, Hin"du } (?; 277), n.; pl. Hindoos (#) or Hindus. [Per. Hind, fr. Hind, Hindstn, India. Cf. Indian.] A native inhabitant of Hindostan. As an ethnical term it is confined to the Dravidian and Aryan races; as a religious name it is restricted to followers of the Veda.

{ Hin"doo*ism, Hin"du*ism } (?), n. The religious doctrines and rites of the Hindoos; Brahmanism.

{ Hin"doo*sta"nee, Hin"du*sta"ni } (?), a. [Hind. Hindstn an Indian, fr. Hind. and Per. Hindstn India.] Of or pertaining to the Hindoos or their language. -- n. The language of Hindostan; the name given by Europeans to the most generally spoken of the modern Aryan languages of India. It is Hindi with the addition of Persian and Arabic words.

Hin"drance (?), n. [See Hinder, v. t.] 1. The act of hindering, or the state of being hindered.

2. That which hinders; an impediment.

What various hindrances we meet.

Cowper.

Something between a hindrance and a help.

Wordsworth.

Syn. -- Impediment; obstruction; obstacle; difficulty; interruption; check; delay; restraint.

Hin"du (?), n. Same as Hindoo.

Hine (?), n. [See Hind a servant.] A servant; a farm laborer; a peasant; a hind. [Obs.]

Bailiff, herd, nor other hine.

Chaucer.

Hinge (?), n. [OE. henge, heeng; akin to D. heng, LG. henge, Prov. E. hingle a small hinge; connected with hang, v., and Icel. hengja to hang. See Hang.]

1. The hook with its eye, or the joint, on which a door, gate, lid, etc., turns or swings; a flexible piece, as a strip of leather, which serves as a joint to turn on.

The gate self-opened wide, On golden hinges turning.

Milton.

2. That on which anything turns or depends; a governing principle; a cardinal point or rule; as, this argument was the hinge on which the question turned.

3. One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south. [R.]

When the moon is in the hinge at East.

Creech.

Nor slept the winds . . . but rushed abroad.

Milton.

Hinge joint. (a) (Anat.) See Ginglymus. (b) (Mech.) Any joint resembling a hinge, by which two pieces are connected so as to permit relative turning in one plane. -- To be off the hinges, to be in a state of disorder or irregularity; to have lost proper adjustment. Tillotson.

Hinge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hinged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hinging (?).] 1. To attach by, or furnish with, hinges.

2. To bend. [Obs.] Shak.

Hinge (?), v. i. To stand, depend, hang, or turn, as on a hinge; to depend chiefly for a result or decision or for force and validity; -- usually with on or upon; as, the argument hinges on this point. I. Taylor

Hinged (?), a. Furnished with hinges.

Hinge"less (?), a. Without a hinge or joint.

Hink (?), n. A reaping hook. Knight.

{ Hin"ni*ate (?), Hin"ny (?) } v. i. [L. hinnire.] To neigh; to whinny. [Obs.]

Hin"ny, n.; pl. Hinnies (#). [L. hinnus, cf. Gr. &?;.] A hybrid between a stallion and an ass.

Hin"ny, n. A term of endearment; darling; -- corrupted from honey. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

Hint (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hinting.] [OE. henten, hinten, to seize, to catch, AS. hentan to pursue, take, seize; or Icel. ymta to mutter, ymtr a muttering, Dan. ymte to whisper. &radic;36. Cf. Hent.] To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner; as, to hint a suspicion.

Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike.

Pope.

Syn. -- To suggest; intimate; insinuate; imply.

Hint, v. i. To make an indirect reference, suggestion, or allusion; to allude vaguely to something.

We whisper, and hint, and chuckle.

Tennyson.

To hint at, to allude to lightly, indirectly, or cautiously.

Syn. -- To allude; refer; glance; touch.

Hint, n. A remote allusion; slight mention; intimation; insinuation; a suggestion or reminder, without a full declaration or explanation; also, an occasion or motive.

Our hint of woe Is common.

Shak.

The hint malevolent, the look oblique.

Hannah More.

Syn. -- Suggestion; allusion. See Suggestion.

Hint"ing*ly (?), adv. In a hinting manner.

Hip (?), n. [OE. hipe, huppe, AS. hype; akin to D. heup, OHG. huf, G. h¸fte, Dan. hofte, Sw. hˆft, Goth. hups; cf. Icel. huppr, and also Gr. &?; the hollow above the hips of cattle, and Lith. kumpis ham.]

1. The projecting region of the lateral parts of one side of the pelvis and the hip joint; the haunch; the huckle.

2. (Arch.) The external angle formed by the meeting of two sloping sides or skirts of a roof, which have their wall plates running in different directions.

3. (Engin) In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord. Waddell.