Part 5294

<hw>High"-low`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A laced boot, ankle high.</def>

<h1>Highly</h1> <Xpage=693>

<hw>High"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a high manner, or to a high degree; very much; <as>as, <ex>highly</ex> esteemed</as>.</def>

<h1>Highmen</h1> <Xpage=693>

<hw>High"men</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <def>Loaded dice so contrived as to turn up high numbers.</def> <mark></mark>

<i>Sir J. Harrington.</i>

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

<hw>High"-met`tled</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having abundance of mettle; ardent; full of fire; <as>as, a <ex>high-mettled</ex> steed</as>.</def>

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

<hw>High"-mind"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Proud; arrogant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Be not <b>high-minded</b>, but fear. <i>Rom. xi. 20.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Having, or characterized by, honorable pride; of or pertaining to elevated principles and feelings; magnanimous; -- opposed to <i>mean</i>.</def>

<blockquote><b>High-minded</b>, manly recognition of those truths. <i>A. Norton.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>High"-mind`ed*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being highminded; nobleness; magnanimity.</def>

<h1>Highmost</h1> <Xpage=693>

<hw>High"most`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Highest.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Highness</h1> <Xpage=693>

<hw>High"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>he\'a0hnes</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state of being high; elevation; loftiness.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A title of honor given to kings, princes, or other persons of rank; <as>as, His Royal <ex>Highness</ex></as>.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

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

<hw>High"-palmed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having high antlers; bearing full-grown antlers aloft.</def>

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

<hw>High"-pres`sure</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fig.: Urgent; intense; <as>as, a <ex>high-pressure</ex> business or social life</as>.</def>

<cs><col>High-pressure engine</col>, <cd>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 <er>Steam engine</er>.</cd></cs>