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minence; grade; degree. Social duties are carried to greater heights, and enforced with stronger motives by the principles of our religion. Addison.

bore, and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a bittersweet taste. It has a strong action on the heart, resembling digitalin.

in consequence of which a person can see clearly or without pain only by daylight or a strong artificial light; day sight.

eddish brown, microscopic, prismatic crystals, formed from dried blood by the action of strong acetic acid and common salt; -- called also Teichmann's crystals. Chemically, it is a hydrochloride of hematin.

the | roe when he | hears in the | woodland the | voice of the | huntsman. Longfellow. Strongly it | bears us a- | long on | swelling and | limitless | billows, Nothing be- | fore and | nothing be- | hind but the | sky and the | ocean. Coleridge.

Of great strength, force, importance, and the like; strong; mighty; powerful; violent; sometimes, triumphant; victorious; majestic, etc.; as, a high wind; high passions. "With rather a high manner." Thackeray. Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. Ps. lxxxix. 13. Can heavenly minds such high resentment show D…

Having a strong, deep, or glaring color; flushed. Shak.

Highly rectified; very strongly alcoholic; as, high-proof spirits.

Of a strong red color.

Of a strong goatish smell.

A small, strong-winged European falcon (Falco subbuteo), formerly trained for hawking.

A strong, active horse, of a middle size, said to have been originally from Ireland; an ambling nag. Johnson.

High flavor; strong scent. [Obs.] Halliwell.

ction; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain. We can not hold mortality's strong hand. Shak. Death! what do'st O,hold thy blow. Grashaw. He hat not sufficient judgment and self-command to hold his tongue. Macaulay.

for fastening together the opposite edges of a garment, etc. -- Hook bill (Zoöl.), the strongly curved beak of a bird. -- Hook ladder, a ladder with hooks at the end by which it can be suspended, as from the top of a wall. -- Hook motion (Steam Engin.), a valve gear which is reversed by V hooks. -- Hook squid, any…

Having a strongly curved bill.

ectation; inclined to hope; expectant. Men of their own natural inclination hopeful and strongly conceited. Hooker.

A large, strong wasp. The European species (Vespa crabro) is of a dark brown and yellow color. It is very pugnacious, and its sting is very severe. Its nest is constructed of a paperlike material, and the layers of comb are hung together by columns. The American white- faced hornet (V. maculata) is larger and has simil…

; covered with bristling points; bristled; bristling. Rough and horrent with figures in strong relief. De Quincey. With bright emblazonry and horrent arms. Milton.

e for drawing loaded wheelbarrows up an inclined plane by horse power. -- Horse sense, strong common sense. [Colloq. U.S.] -- Horse soldier, a cavalryman. -- Horse sponge (Zoöl.), a large, coarse, commercial sponge (Spongia equina). -- Horse stinger (Zoöl.), a large dragon fly. [Prov. Eng.] -- Horse sugar (Bot.), a…