hierurgy 
hierouryy according to the laws ot the church, do repre- 
sent the mysteries of his body and of his salutary blood, 
in bread and wine. Waterland, Works, VIII. 333. 
higgle (hig'l), v. i. ; pret. and pp. higgled, ppr. 
liii/glimj. [Prob. a weakened form of haggle; or 
perhaps from the noun higgler, regarded as an 
accom. form of "kuckler (ef. D. heukelaar), equiy. 
to huckster: see huckster.] To chaffer; bargain 
closely and persistently; strive for advantage 
in bargaining, especially in a petty way. 
I hate chaffering and higgling for a few guineas in a 
dark entry. Sterne, Tristram Shandy, i. 9. 
He always stands out and higgle*, and actually tires 
them till he gets a bargain. Goldsmith, Vicar, xli. 
La Motte higgled very hard for more, and talked pathet- 
ically of his services and his wounds. 
Motley, Dutch Republic, III. 393. 
higgledy-piggledy (hig'1-di-pig'l-di), adv. 
higgledy-piggledy (hig'1-di-pig'l-di), adv. 
[Formerly also hiylcdy-pegledy, higledei>igle(Flo- 
rio); also higglety-pigglety, hickledy-pickledy, 
hidgelly-pidgelly (Booth, Analytical Diet., 1835), 
hicklepy-pickleby, etc.; a riming compound of 
no definite elements, but prob. in popular ap- 
prehension associated with higgle and pig, im- 
plying disorder and untidiness. ] In confusion ; 
in a disorderly manner; topsy-turvy. [Colloq.] 
I walked into Lyons my chaise being all laid Higgledy- 
piggledy with my baggage in a cart. 
Sterne, Tristram Shandy, vii. 29. 
There was a pile of short, thick masses [of iron] lying 
higgledy-piggledy stuff from the neighboring mines. 
T. Winthrop, Love and Skates. 
higgledy-piggledy (hig'1-di-pig'l-di), a. and n. 
[< higgledy-piggledy, adv.] I. a. Confused; tum- 
bled; disorderly. 
I have a strong faith that his farming was of the higgle- 
dy-piggledy order ; I do not believe that he could have set 
a plough into the sod. D. G. Mitchell, Wet Days. 
Old higglety-pigglety houses that have been so much 
tinkered and built upon that one hardly knows the front 
from the rear. Tixknor, Prescott, p. 152. 
II. n. Confusion; disorder. 
Men, you have all got into a sort of snarl, as I may say ; 
how did you all get into such a higglety-pigglety! 
Georgia Scenes, p. 149. 
higglehaggle (hig'l-hag"l), '. i. [A varied re- 
dupl. of higgle.] To higgle. [Colloq.] 
This hitjgle-haggling was more than Bismarck could bear, 
and he lost his temper. Lowe, Bismarck, I. 633. 
higgler (hig'ler), n. [See higgle.] A close or 
tricky bargainer; hence, a chaffering peddler 
or huckster ; one who goes about selling things 
for as much as he can get. 
Where the Carriers, Waggons, Foot-posts, and Higglers 
do usually come from any parts. 
John Taylor (Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 223). 
higglery (hig'ler-i), n. [< higgler + -y3; see 
-ery. ] Such goods as a higgler or hawker sells. 
Round the circumference is the Buttermarket, with all 
the sorts of Higglery goods. 
Defoe, Tour through Great Britain, II. 142. 
higgling (hig'ling), n. [Verbal n. of higgle, v.] 
Close bargaining; chaffer. 
It is adjusted, however, not by an accurate measure, 
but by the higgling and bargaining of the market. 
Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, i. 5. 
Regulating the price of labour by the gradual process 
of numerous successive higglings on a small scale. 
Athenceum, March 24, 1888, p. 367. 
high (hi), a. and n. [Early mod. E. and dial, also 
hie, hye, hee, etc. ; < ME. high, heigh, heg, heh, hig, 
hy, etc. (compar. hiere, heyere, hegher, heger, 
herre, etc., superl. heieste, hegeste, hexte, etc., > 
early mod. E. and dial, hext), < AS. heiih (com- 
par. hedhra, hedrra, herra, hyrra, superl . hedhsta, 
hehsta, hyhsta) = OS. hoh = OFries. hdch, hdg = 
D. hoog = MLG. ho, hoch, hoge = OHG. hoh, 
MHG. hoch, G. hoch (hoh-) = Icel. hdr = Sw. 
hog = Dan. hdj = Goth, hauhs, high. From the 
same root is E. how 2 , a hill, and also huge : see 
hole 2 , huge.] I. o. 1. Conspicuously elevated ; 
rising or being far above a base, surface, or 
object ; having great reach or extent upward ; 
lofty: as, a high tower or mountain; the high 
flight of the skylark; the sun is high in the 
heavens. 
And many strong Castylls stondyng, a wonderful! hyth 
Rokke of Stone, I never saw snche in all my lyff . 
Torkington, Diarie of Eng. Travell, p. 64. 
Let thy pinions soar 
So high a pitch, that men may seem no more 
Than pismires, crawling on the mole-hill earth. 
Quarles, Emblems, i., Invoc. 
The fire on the altar blazed bickering and High. 
Scott, The Fire-King. 
I dreamed the other night that the river was hir/hei- 
than ever had been known, and was sweeping all round 
the Hook. Mrs. Oliphant, Poor Gentleman, xiv. 
2. Having comparative elevation; extending 
or being above (something) ; raised upward in 
extent from a base, or in position from a sur- 
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face or an object, from which the upward reach 
is normally measured : as, high boots ; a dress 
with high neck; the plant is three feet high. 
It is a lytille hiere than the other syde of the Cyte. 
Manaeville, Travels, p. 92. 
There are few villages of aboue seuen houses, but those 
houses are a hundred and Hftie foote long, and two fath- 
oms high, without diuision into pluralitie of roomes. 
Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 849. 
They mounted our sleds upon their own sledges, so that 
we rode much higher than usual. 
. Taylor, Northern Travel, p. 95. 
3. Kemote, either as regards distance north or 
south of the equator, or as regards lapse of 
years in chronological reckoning : used only in 
the phrases high latitude and high antiquity. 
This original is of very high antiquity. 
English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 213. 
4. Elevated or advanced to the utmost extent; 
at the zenith or culmination; hence, full or com- 
plete; consummate: as, high noon; high tide; 
high time. 
Than Ihesu Christ at his resurrection 
To loseph apered about Hye mydnyght. 
Joseph of Arimalhie (E. E. T. S.), p. 39. 
And by that tyme fer passid was the day, 
Mirabell seyd, " it is hye tyme for to goo." 
Generydes (E. E. T. S.), 1. 912. 
It is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle 
should be gathered together. Gen. xxix. 7. 
He's awa' to his mother's bower, 
By the hie light o' the moon. 
Fair Janet (Child's Ballads, II. 89). 
The night is near its highest noon, and our great charge 
is sleeping heavily. Dickens, Master Humphrey's Clock. 
5. Exalted in station or estimation; elevated 
above others ; holding a lofty rank or position : 
as, a high dignitary of the church ; one high in 
the public esteem; high and mighty. 
Alle were the! ln'igh menus sones, as kynges and Dukes. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 292. 
Thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eter- 
nity. Isa. Ivii. 15. 
That is the great happiness of life to add to our high 
acquaintances. Emerson, Success. 
And the high gods took in hand 
Fire, and the falling of tears. 
Sunnburne, Atalanta in Calydon. 
Hence 6. In a title, most exalted; chief; 
principal; head: as, the high priest ; high chan- 
cellor ; high admiral ; high sheriff. 
When I came hither I was lord high constable. 
Shak., Hen. VIII., ii. 1. 
James, fifth High Stewart, whose grandson founded the 
royal house, which failed in the male line by the death of 
King James V. in December, 1542. 
N. and Q., 7th ser., IV. 146. 
7. Elevated in quality or degree ; of great im- 
portance, consequence, significance, etc. ; ex- 
alted: as, a high festival; highext', high crimes; 
high courage ; high spirits ; high breeding. 
The Duke sat in seynt Markes churche in ryght hyghe 
estate, with all the Seygnyourye, and all the pylgrymes 
were present. Sir Ji. Guylforde, Pylgrymage, p. 9. 
That sabbath day was an high day. John xix. 31. 
A cogitation of the highest rapture ! 
B. Jonson, Sad Shepherd, iii. 2. 
Freedom he thought too high a word for them; and 
moderation too mean a word for himself. 
Milton, Eikonoklastes, i. 
Your triumphs in Italy are in high fashion. 
Walpole, Letters, II. 14. 
Every type that is best adapted to its conditions, which 
on the average means every higher type, has a rate of 
multiplication that ensures a tendency to predominate. 
H. Spencer, Prin. of Biol., 364. 
8. Lofty, aspiring, or self-asserting in manner, 
appearance, or expression; powerful, impres- 
sive, ostentatious, arrogant, boisterous, etc. ; 
showing strength, earnestness, pride, resent- 
ment, hilarity, etc.: as, he took a high tone; 
they had high words. 
I walk now with a full purse, grow high and wanton. 
Beau, and Fl., Honest Man's Fortune, ii. 4. 
The Pole sent an Ambassador to her [the Queen], who 
spake in a high Tone, but he was answered in a higher. 
Howell, Letters, I. vi. 3. 
His forces, after all the /"';/'( discourses, amounted really 
but to eighteen hundred foot. 
Clarendon, Great Rebellion. 
I have left my Lady. We could not agree. My Lady is 
so high ; so very high. Dickens, Bleak House, xxiii. 
9. Intensified in physical quality or charac- 
ter; exceeding the common degree or measure; 
strong, intense, energetic, etc. : as, a high wind ; 
high temperature; high flavor or color; high 
speed ; in high condition, as a horse. 
With such hicih Food he shall set forth his Feasts, 
That Cardinals shall wish to be his Guests. 
Congrece, Imit. of Horace, II. xiv. 4. 
I replied that his loss of beauty-sleep was rather im- 
proving to a man of so high complexion. 
/'. D. Blackmore, Lorna Doone, Ixiv. 
high 
10. Elevated in amount or quantity; large; 
of great or unusual magnitude or proportion : 
as, a high price or reward; a high percentage. 
Court-virtues bear, like gems, the highest rate. 
Pope, Moral Essays, i. 141. 
N"o legislation should be allowed to bolster up unnatu- 
rally high prices. N. A. Ren., CXXXIX. 288. 
11. In acoustics and music, relatively acute or 
shrill in pitch that is, produced by relative- 
ly rapid vibrations; sharp: opposed to low or 
grave: as, a high voice, key, note, etc. 
Now and then the high voices of the singers escaped 
into the outer vastness and melted slowly away in the 
incense-thickened air. 
H. James, Jr., Pass. Pilgrim, p. 131. 
12. In cookery, tending toward decomposition 
or decay ; slightly tainted, as meat (used main- 
ly when this is considered a desirable quality) ; 
gamy : as, venison kept till it is high. 
" I do think he's getting high, too, already," said Tom, 
smelling at him (a duck] cautiously, " so we must finish 
him up soon." T. Hughes, Tom Brown at Rugby, it 4. 
13. Naut., near to the wind: said of a ship 
when sailing by the wind, and with reference 
to the point of the compass nearest to the di- 
rection of the wind to which her head can be 
pointed: as, how high will she lief 14. Ex- 
cited with drink ; intoxicated. [Slang.] 
In the evening at Mr. Mifflin's " there was an elegant 
supper, and we drank sentiments till eleven o'clock. Lee 
and Harrison were very high. Lee dined with Mr. Dick- 
inson, and drank Burgundy the whole afternoon." 
Quoted in A'ineteenth Century, XXIII. 112. 
A high hand, a high arm, the exercise of power, whether 
legitimate and honorable or overweening and oppressive ; 
arrogance ; audacity ; defiance : as, he carried matters with 
a high hand. 
From the wicked their light is withholden, and the high 
arm shall be broken. Job xxxviii. 15. 
Any sin committed with an high hand, as the gathering 
of sticks on the Sabbath day, may be punished with death, 
when a lesser punishment may serve for gathering sticks 
privily. Winthrop, Hist. New England, II. 253. 
A high time, or (for emphasis) a high Old time, a time 
of great effort, difficulty, jollity, carousal, etc. ; an excit- 
ing time. [Colloq. ] 
On Ascension Day they made a procession of parish func- 
tionaries and parochial schools, and beat the bounds, . . . 
and they banged against the boundaries all the strangers 
who passed within their reach. When it came to banging 
the strangers, they had a high old time. 
W. Bemnt, Fifty Years Ago, p. 28. 
High altar. See altar. High and dry, out of water ; 
out of the tide or current, especially of events or of activ- 
ity; hence, stranded; disabled. 
This office is quite a different place from his quiet apart- 
ment in the third story of the Seminary, so very high and 
dry above the bustling world. 
W. M. Baker, New Timothy, p. 149. 
High and low, people of all conditions. 
Besoughten hym of socour, hur Soueraine to bene, 
To be Lorde of hur land, their lawes to keepe, 
Thei to holden of hym, the hye and the lowe. 
Aliiaunder of Macedoine (E. E. T. S.X L 406. 
Yet reverence . . . doth make distinction 
Of place 'tween high and low. 
Shak., Cymbeline, iv. 2. 
High and low, all made fun of him. 
Thackeray, Vanity Fair, v. 
High and mighty, (a) Exalted and powerful: formerly 
used in adulatory address to princes. (It) Arrogant ; over- 
bearing ; demanding servile respect or submission. High 
bailiff, (o) See bailiff. (V) In Vermont, an officer whose 
duty it is on occasion to serve process on the sheriff. 
High boat, in sporting, the boat the occupants of which, 
in shooting, kill most game, or, in angling or fishing, take 
most fish. 
To learn who the lucky high boat is, for be it known a 
great honor is attached to the gun and to the pusher of 
the fortunate skiff. Sportsman's Gazetteer, p. 182. 
High carte. See carte^. High caste. See casteZ, 1. 
High celebration, in Anglican churches, a solemn cele- 
bration of the holy communion with the full adjuncts of 
ritual and music: opposed to low celebration. High 
change, the season of greatest activity in the business of 
merchants on change or the exchange ; the exchange itself 
at such a time. 
I must confess I look upon high-change to be a great 
council, in which all considerable nations have their rep- 
resentatives. Addison, The Royal Exchange. 
The Old Clothes Exchange, like other places known by 
the name the Royal Exchange, for example has its 
daily season of high Change. 
II. Mayhew, London Labour and London Poor, II. 45. 
High Church, the popular designatior, of a party in the 
Anglican Church. See High-churchman. High color, 
constable, Council, fee the nouns. High Commis- 
sion Court. See Court of High Commiaion, under court. 
High Court of Admiralty. See admiralty. High 
Court of Parliament. See parliament. High dawn. 
Seerfatm. High day, high noon, the time when the sun 
is In the meridian. High Dutch. See Dutch. Higher 
algebra, arithmetic, concept, criticism, geometry, 
mathematics, etc. See the nouns. Highest genus. 
See genus. High explosive, furnace. German. See the 
nouns. High gravels. See gravel. High Jinks, (o) A 
merry old pastime in Scotland. In the usual manner of 
playing, a person was chosen by lot to sustain some ficti- 
tious character, or to repeat verses in a particular order, 
and if he failed he incurred certain forfeits. 
