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  • English Word Hierotheca Definition A receptacle for sacred objects.
  • English Word Hierourgy Definition A sacred or holy work or worship.
  • English Word Hifalutin Definition See Highfaluting.
  • English Word Hig-taper Definition A plant of the genus Verbascum (V. Thapsus); the common mullein. [Also high-taper and hag-taper.]
  • English Word Higgle Definition To hawk or peddle provisions.
  • English Word Higgle Definition To chaffer; to stickle for small advantages in buying and selling; to haggle.
  • English Word Higgled Definition of Higgle
  • English Word Higgledy-piggledy Definition In confusion; topsy-turvy.
  • English Word Higgler Definition One who higgles.
  • English Word Higgling Definition of Higgle
  • English Word High Definition To hie.
  • English Word High Definition 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.
  • English Word High Definition Regarded as raised up or elevated; distinguished; remarkable; conspicuous; superior; -- used indefinitely or relatively, and often in figurative senses, which are understood from the connection
  • English Word High Definition Elevated in character or quality, whether moral or intellectual; preeminent; honorable; as, high aims, or motives.
  • English Word High Definition Exalted in social standing or general estimation, or in rank, reputation, office, and the like; dignified; as, she was welcomed in the highest circles.
  • English Word High Definition Of noble birth; illustrious; as, of high family.
  • English Word High Definition Of great strength, force, importance, and the like; strong; mighty; powerful; violent; sometimes, triumphant; victorious; majestic, etc.; as, a high wind; high passions.
  • English Word High Definition Very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount; grand; noble.
  • English Word High Definition Costly; dear in price; extravagant; as, to hold goods at a high price.
  • English Word High Definition Arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud; ostentatious; -- used in a bad sense.
  • English Word High Definition Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or superior degree; as, high (i. e., intense) heat; high (i. e., full or quite) noon; high (i. e., rich or spicy) seasoning; high (i. e., complete) pleasure; high (i. e., deep or vivid) color; high (i. e., extensive, thorough) scholarship, etc.
  • English Word High Definition Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures do not cook game before it is high.
  • English Word High Definition Acute or sharp; -- opposed to grave or low; as, a high note.
  • English Word High Definition Made with a high position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate, as / (/ve), / (f/d). See Guide to Pronunciation, // 10, 11.
  • English Word High Definition In a high manner; in a high place; to a great altitude; to a great degree; largely; in a superior manner; eminently; powerfully.
  • English Word High Definition An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.
  • English Word High Definition People of rank or high station; as, high and low.
  • English Word High Definition The highest card dealt or drawn.
  • English Word High Definition To rise; as, the sun higheth.
  • English Word High priest Definition A chief priest; esp., the head of the Jewish priesthood.