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

<hw>High"-souled`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a high or noble spirit; honorable.</def>

<i>E. Everett.</i>

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

<hw>High"-sound`ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; <as>as, <ex>high-sounding</ex> words or titles</as>.</def>

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

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

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

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

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

<hw>High"-stom`ached</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a lofty spirit; haughty.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

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

<hw>High"-strung`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Strung to a high pitch; spirited; sensitive; <as>as, a <ex>high-strung</ex> horse</as>.</def>

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

<hw>High"-swell`ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Inflated; boastful.</def>

<h1>Hight</h1> <Xpage=693>

<hw>Hight</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A variant of <er>Height</er>.</def>

<h1>Hight</h1> <Xpage=693>

<hw>Hight</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp.</tt> <er>Hight</er>, <er>Hot</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>p. p.</tt> <er>Hight</er>, <er>Hote</er> (<?/), <er>Hoten</er> (<?/). See <er>Hote</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>heiten</ets>, <ets>highten</ets>, <ets>haten</ets>, <ets>hoten</ets>; also <ets>hight</ets>, <ets>hatte</ets>, <ets>hette</ets>, is called, was called, AS. <ets>h&amac;tan</ets> to call, name, be called, to command, promise; also <ets>h&amac;tte</ets> is called, was called; akin to G. <ets>heissen</ets> to call, be called, bid, Goth. <ets>haitan</ets> to call, in the passive, to be called.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To be called or named.</def> <mark>[Archaic & Poetic.]</mark>

<note>&hand; In the form <i>hight</i>, it is used in a passive sense as a present, meaning <i>is called</i> or <i>named</i>, also as a preterite, <i>was called</i> or <i>named</i>. This form has also been used as a past participle. See <er>Hote</er>.</note>

<blockquote>The great poet of Italy, That <b>highte</b> Dante. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Bright was her hue, and Geraldine she <b>hight</b>. <i>Surrey.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Entered then into the church the Reverend Teacher. Father he <b>hight</b>, and he was, in the parish. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Childe Harold was he <b>hight</b>. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To command; to direct; to impel.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>But the sad steel seized not where it was <b>hight</b> Upon the child, but somewhat short did fall. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To commit; to intrust.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>