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Heart, In anatomy, the member of tlie body from 

 wtieh the blood is propelled towards the extremities by 

 -means of the arteries, and towards which it is again brought 

 back by the veins. 



In a figurative sense it is deemed the seat of the af- 

 fections, as the head is accounted the seat of the under- 

 standing. Hence a man of a sound heart, and "joealt head, 

 is" the same as a man of good dispositions and iveak under- 

 standing. In this sense the word occurs frequently in all 

 languages. 



High, adj. Exalted in a perpendicular direction at a dis- 

 tance from the surface of the earth ; opposed to /oiv. 



1. High is a term altogether indefinite, and is employed 

 to exprefs the degree of elevation of any inanimate body. 

 Thus we say it high mountain, a high house, steeple, iower, 

 pi/far, &c. Nor is there any other word that can be here 

 considered as exactly synonymous •, /ofty being only em- 

 ployed to denote a very eminent degree of elevation. 

 " 2. To exprefs the perpendicular elevation of vegetables, 

 either high or ta// may be employed, as being in this case 

 nearly synonymous. We may therefore say a high or 

 tall tree, a high or tall mast, dST. but with this difference^ 

 between these two exprefsions, that tall czxx be more pro- 

 perly applied to those that are much elevated, and of small 

 dimensions ; and hi^h to such as are more bulky and of 

 greater size. 



3. The perpendicular height of man can never be ex- 

 prefsed by the word high ; tall being here the proper ex- 

 prefsit n. And although hi^h is sometimes used to ex- 

 "prefs the height of other animals, yet it seems to be au 

 imiroper exprefsion. See Tall. 



4. High, v>hen applied to the human species, always re- 

 fers to the mind, and dtnctes haughtinefs, statelinefs, pride, 

 8cc. and when combined with the exprefsions of any ener- 



