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<hw>High</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a high manner; in a high place; to a great altitude; to a great degree; largely; in a superior manner; eminently; powerfully.</def> "And reasoned <i>high</i>." <i>Milton</i>. "I can not reach so <i>high</i>." <i>Shak</i>.

<note>&hand; <i>High<i> is extensively used in the formation of compound words, most of which are of very obvious signification; as, <i>high<i>-aimed, <i>high<i>-arched, <i>high<i>-aspiring, <i>high<i>-bearing, <i>high<i>-boasting, <i>high<i>-browed, <i>high<i>-crested, <i>high<i>-crowned, <i>high<i>-designing, <i>high<i>-engendered, <i>high<i>-feeding, <i>high<i>-flaming, <i>high<i>-flavored, <i>high<i>-gazing, <i>high<i>-heaped, <i>high<i>-heeled, <i>high<i>-priced, <i>high<i>-reared, <i>high<i>-resolved, <i>high<i>-rigged, <i>high<i>-seated, <i>high<i>-shouldered, <i>high<i>-soaring, <i>high<i>-towering, <i>high<i>-voiced, and the like.</note>

<cs><col>High and low</col>, <cd>everywhere; in all supposable places; as, I hunted <i>high and low<i>. <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cd></cs>

<h1>High</h1> <Xpage=693>

<hw>High</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>People of rank or high station; <as>as, <ex>high</ex> and low</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Card Playing)</fld> <def>The highest card dealt or drawn.</def>

<cs><col>High, low, jack, and the game</col>, <cd>a game at cards; -- also called <altname>all fours</altname>, <altname>old sledge</altname>, and <altname>seven up</altname>.</cd> -- <col>In high and low</col>, <cd>utterly; completely; in every respect. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Chaucer.</i> -- <col>On high</col>, <cd>aloft; above.</cd>

<blockquote>The dayspring from <b>on high</b> hath visited us. <i>Luke i. 78.</i></blockquote>

-- <col>The Most High</col>, <cd>the Supreme Being; God.</cd></cs>

<h1>High</h1> <Xpage=693>

<hw>High</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To rise; <as>as, the sun <ex>higheth</ex></as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Highbinder</h1> <Xpage=693>

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

<h1>High-blown</h1> <Xpage=693>

<hw>High"-blown`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Inflated, as with conceit.</def>

<h1>Highborn</h1> <Xpage=693>

<hw>High"born`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of noble birth.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>High-bred</h1> <Xpage=693>

<hw>High"-bred`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Bred in high life; of pure blood.</def>

<i>Byron.</i>

<h1>High-built</h1> <Xpage=693>

<hw>High"-built`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of lofty structure; tall.</def> "<i>High-built</i> organs."

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<blockquote>The <b>high-built</b> elephant his castle rears. <i>Creech.</i></blockquote>

<h1>High-church</h1> <Xpage=693>

<hw>High"-church`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to, or favoring, the party called the High Church, or their doctrines or policy. See <cref>High Church</cref>, under <er>High</er>, <tt>a.</tt></def>