Part 832

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

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. 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.