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HIGH-STEPPER n.
A horse that moves with a high step or proud gait; hence, a person having a proud bearing. [Colloq.]
HIGH-STOMACHED a.
Having a lofty spirit; haughty. [Obs.] Shak.
HIGH-STRUNG a.
Strung to a high pitch; spirited; sensitive; as, a high-strung horse.
HIGH-SWELLING a.
Inflated; boastful.
HIGH-TONED a. 2 definitions
High in tone or sound.
HIGH-TOP n.
A ship's masthead. Shak.
HIGH-WROUGHT a. 2 definitions
Worked up, or swollen, to a high degree; as, a highwrought passion. "A high-wrought flood." Shak.
HIGHBINDER n.
A ruffian; one who hounds, or spies upon, another; app. esp. to the members of certain alleged societies among the Chinese. [U. S.]
HIGHBORN a.
Of noble birth. Shak.
HIGHBOY n. 2 definitions
One who lives high; also, in politics, a highflyer.
HIGHER CRITICISM n.
tudy of the contents, literary character, date, authorship, etc., of any writing; as, the higher criticism of the Pentateuch. Called also historical criticism.
HIGHER THOUGHT n.
See New thought, below.
HIGHER-UP n.
A superior officer or official; -- used chiefly in pl. [Slang]
HIGHERING a.
Rising higher; ascending. In ever highering eagle circles. Tennyson.
HIGHFALUTING n.
High-flown, bombastic language. [Written also hifalutin.] [Jocular, U. S.] Lowell.
HIGHFLIER n.
One who is extravagant in pretensions, opinions, or manners. Swift.
HIGHFLYING a.
Extravagant in opinions or ambition. "Highflying, arbitrary kings." Dryden.
HIGHLAND n.
Elevated or mountainous land; (often in the pl.) an elevated region or country; as, the Highlands of Scotland. Highland fling, a dance peculiar to the Scottish Highlanders; a sort of hornpipe.
HIGHLANDER n.
An inhabitant of highlands, especially of the Highlands of Scotland.
HIGHLANDRY n.
Highlanders, collectively.
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