Emily Dickinson Lexicon

HIGHT'EN-ER, n.

One that hightens.

HIGHTH, or HIGHT, n. [See Height.]

Elevation; altitude; loftiness. [It is very desirable that this noun should be regularly formed from the adjective.] Hight, to call, to promise, to command, &c. is a false orthography, from Saxon hatan. It is obsolete. [See Heat.] Chaucer. Spenser.

HIGH'-TIME, n.

Quite time; full time for the occasion, or the time when any thing is to be done.

HIGH'-TON-ED, a.

High in sound.

HIGH-TOW-ER-ED, a.

Having lofty towers. Milton.

HIGH-VIC-ED, a.

Enormously wicked. Shak.

HIGH'WA-TER, n.

The utmost flow or greatest elevation of the tide; also, the time of such elevation.

HIGH-WA'TER-MARK, n.

The line made on the shore by the tide at its utmost highth. Mar. Dict.

HIGH'WAY, n.

1. A public road; a way open to all passengers; so called, either because it is a great or public road, or because the earth was raised to form a dry path. Highways open a communication from one city or town to another.
2. Course; road; train of action. Child.

HIGH'WAY-MAN, n.

One who robs on the public road, or lurks in the highway for the purpose of robbing.

HIGH'-WROUGHT, a.

1. Wrought with exquisite art or skill; accurately finished. Pope.
2. Inflamed to a high degree; as, high-wrought passion.

HIL'A-RATE, v. [is not in use. See EXHILARATE.]

HI-LA'RI-OUS, a.

Mirthful; merry.

HI-LAR'I-TY, n. [L. hilaritas; Gr. ιλαρος, joyful, merry. If r is radical, this cannot be from ιλαω, to be propitious.]

Mirth; merriment; gayety. Hilarity differs from joy; the latter, excited by good news or prosperity, is an affection of the mind; the former, by social pleasure, drinking, &c. which rouse the animal spirits.

HIL'A-RY-TERM, n.

The term of courts, &c. which begins January 23. England.

HILD, n. [G. and D. held, Dan. heldt.]

A hero, is retained in names; as, Hildebert, a bright hero; Mathild, Matilda, a heroic lady.

HILD'ING, n. [Qu. Sax. hyldan, to decline, or hyldeleas, destitute of affection.]

A mean, sorry, paltry man or woman. [Obs.] Shak.

HILL, n. [Sax. hill or hyl; L. collis; perhaps Gr. κηλη. It cannot be the G. hügel, D. heuvel, unless contracted.]

1. A natural elevation of land, or a mass of earth rising above the common level of the surrounding land : an eminence. A hill is less than a mountain, but of no definite magnitude, and is sometimes applied to a mountain. Jerusalem is seated on two hills. Rome stood on seven hills.
2. A cluster of plants, and the earth raised about them; as, a hill of maiz or potatoes. United States.

HILL, v.t.

1. To raise earth about plants; to raise a little mass of earth. Farmers in New England hill their maiz in July. Hilling is generally the third hoeing.
2. To cover. [Obs.] [Sax. helan; L. celo.]

HILL'ED, pp. [or a.]

Having hills.

HILL'ING, n.

1. A covering. [Obs.]
2. The act of raising the earth around plants.

HILL'OCK, n.

A small hill. Milton. Dryden.

HILL'SIDE, n.

The side or declivity of a hill. J. Barlow.

HILL'-TOP, n.

The top of a hill.

HILL'Y, a.

Abounding with hills; as, a hilly country.