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Elevated above any starting point of measurement, as a line, or surface; having altitude; lifted up; raised or extended in the direction of the zenith; lofty; tall; as, a high mountain, tower, tree; the sun is high.

made by stitching together two adjacent sides of a square piece of cloth, esp. flannel of linen.

To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling. Atoms . . . which at length hitched together. South.

A curve described by the moving extremity of a line the other end of which is fixed, this line being constantly parallel to the direction of motion of, and having its length constantly proportional to the velocity of, a point moving in any path; -used in investigations respecting central forces.

An American sole (Achirus lineatus, or A. achirus), related to the European sole, but of no market value.

A distance lime brawn across the rink or course between the middle line and the tee. [Scot.]

A kind of linen first manufactured in Holland; a linen fabric used for window shades, children's garments, etc.; as, brown or unbleached hollands.

Having the dorsal fin spines symmetrical, and in the same line; -- said of certain fishes.

, in which the definitions, axioms, and postulates of Euclid respecting parallel straight lines are assumed to hold true.

That method of spelling in which every sound is represented by a single character, which indicates that sound and no other.

the same organism, -- as in the lobster, where the parts follow each other in a straight line or series. Owen. See Homotypy. -- Special homology (Biol.), the correspondence of a part or organ with those of a different animal, as determined by relative position and connection. Owen.

The chief horizontal line in a picture of any sort, which determines in the picture the height of the eye of the spectator; in an extended landscape, the representation of the natural horizon corresponds with this line. Apparent horizon. See under Apparent. -- Artificial horizon, a level mirror, as the surface of merc…

Parallel to the horizon; on a level; as, a horizontalline or surface.

The line or surface in which are situated all the points which are seen single while the point of sight, or the adjustment of the eyes, remains unchanged. The sum of all the points which are seen single, while the point of sight remains unchanged, is called the horopter. J. Le Conte.

se of giving a smooth and glosay surface, or to express oil, etc.; as, to hotpress paper, linen, etc.

the globe. -- Hour hand, the hand or index which shows the hour on a timepiece. -- Hour line. (a) (Astron.) A line indicating the hour. (b) (Dialing) A line on which the shadow falls at a given hour; the intersection of an hour circle which the face of the dial. -- Hour plate, the plate of a timepiece on which the h…

A line of ancestory; a race or house. [Obs.] Shak.

A small line of three strands used for seizing; -- called also housing. Totten.

A kind of linen cloth with raised figures, used for towelings.

A coarse kind of linen; -- called also harden. [Prov. Eng.]