Dictionary: HIGH'-ARCH-ED – HIGH-FLY'ING

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HIGH'-ARCH-ED, a.

Having elevated arches. May.

HIGH-AS-PIR-ING, a.

Having elevated views; aiming at elevated objects. Bp. Hall.

HIGH'-BLEST, a.

Supremely happy. Milton.

HIGH-BLOWN, a.

Swelled much with wind; inflated, as with pride or conceit. Shak.

HIGH'-BORN, a.

Being of noble birth or extraction. Rowe.

HIGH'-BRED, a.

Bred in high life. Byron.

HIGH'-BROW-ED, a.

Having high brows. Moore.

HIGH'-BUILT, a.

  1. Of lofty structure. Milton.
  2. Covered with lofty buildings. The high-built elephant his castle rears. Creech.

HIGH-CLIMB-ING, a.

  1. Climbing to a great hight.
  2. Difficult to be ascended. Milton.

HIGH-COL-OR-ED, a.

  1. Having a strong, deep or glaring color. Floyer.
  2. Vivid; strong or forcible in representation; as, a high-colored description.

HIGH'-CURL-ING, a.

Rising high in curls. M. Bruce.

HIGH'-DAY, a.

Fine; befitting a holiday. Shak.

HIGH-DE-SIGN-ING, a.

Forming great schemes. Dryden.

HIGH-EM-BOW-ED, a.

Having lofty arches. Milton.

HIGH-EN-GEN'DER-ED, a.

Engendered aloft, or in tin Shak.

HIGH'ER, a. [comp.]

More high.

HIGH'EST, a. [superl.]

Most high.

HIGH'-FED, a.

Pampered; fed luxuriously. Milton.

HIGH'-FIN-ISH-ED, a.

Finished completely.

HIGH-FLAM-ING, a.

Throwing flame to a great highth. Pope.

HIGH'-FLA-VOR-ED, a.

Having a high flavor.

HIGH-FLI'ER, n.

One that carries his opinions to extravagance. Swift.

HIGH-FLOWN, a.

  1. Elevated; swelled; proud; as, high-flown hopes. Denham.
  2. Turgid; swelled; extravagant; as, a high-flown hyperbole. L'Estrange.

HIGH'-FLUSH-ED, a.

Much elated. Young.

HIGH-FLY'ING, a.

Extravagant in claims or opinions; as, high-flying, arbitrary kings. Dryden.