Definition for HAUGHT

HAUGHT, a. [haut; Qu. Fr. haut, or the root of the English high. If it is from the French haut, the orthography is corrupt, for haut is from the Latin altus, that is, haltus, changed to haut.]

High; elevated; hence, proud; insolent. [Obs.] Spenser. Shak.

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