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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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1,664 words match “HIGH”

HIGH-HOE n.
The European green woodpecker or yaffle. [Written also high- hoo.]
HIGH-HOLDER n.
The flicker; -- called also high-hole. [Local, U. S.]
HIGH-LOW n.
A laced boot, ankle high.
HIGH-METTLED a.
Having abundance of mettle; ardent; full of fire; as, a high- mettled steed.
HIGH-MINDED a. 2 definitions
Proud; arrogant. [Obs.] Be not high-minded, but fear. Rom. xi. 20.
HIGH-MINDEDNESS n.
The quality of being highminded; nobleness; magnanimity.
HIGH-PALMED a.
Having high antlers; bearing full-grown antlers aloft.
HIGH-PRESSURE a. 2 definitions
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-PRIESTHOOD n.
The office, dignity, or position of a high priest.
HIGH-PRIESTSHIP n.
High-priesthood.
HIGH-PRINCIPLED a.
Possessed of noble or honorable principles.
HIGH-PROOF a. 2 definitions
Highly rectified; very strongly alcoholic; as, high-proof spirits.
HIGH-RAISED a. 2 definitions
Elevated; raised aloft; upreared.
HIGH-REACHING a.
Reaching high or upward; hence, ambitious; aspiring. Shak.
HIGH-RED a.
Of a strong red color.
HIGH-SEASONED a.
Enriched with spice and condiments; hence, exciting; piquant.
HIGH-SIGHTED a.
Looking upward; supercilious. Shak.
HIGH-SOULED a.
Having a high or noble spirit; honorable. E. Everett.
HIGH-SOUNDING a.
Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles.
HIGH-SPIRITED a.
Full of spirit or natural fire; haughty; courageous; impetuous; not brooking restraint or opposition.
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