high 
The frolicsome company had begun to practise the an- 
cient and now forgotten pastime of High Jinks. 
Scott, Guy Mannering, xxxvi. 
Hence (&) Boisterous sport or jollity; romping games 
or play. 
There was nothing but sport 
And High Jinki going on night and day at ' the court." 
Barham, Ingoldsby Legends, IL 813. 
He found the eleven at high jinks after supper ; Jack 
Raggles shouting comic songs, and performing feats of 
strength. T. Hughes, Tom Brown at Rugby, ii. 8. 
(c) Tantrums ; fits of ill humor. [Colloq.] (d) The throw- 
ing of dice to determine who shall empty the cup. II, ill.: 
well. High license, light, etc. See the nouns. High 
life, the style of living, manners, etc., in high or fashion- 
able society ; hence, collectively, the people composing 
such society. 
They would talk of nothing but high life, and high-lived 
company, with other fashionable topics. 
(foldnnitli, Vicar, ix. 
High living, rich or luxurious fare. High mass. See 
nuuui. High Mightiness, a title of respect sometimes 
used toward sovereigns, etc. The States General of the 
Netherlands were styled their High Mightinesses. 
The patroon of Rensselaerwick had extended his usur- 
pations along the river, beyond the limits granted him by 
their Hiyh Mightinesses. Jri'ing, Knickerbocker, p. 180. 
High milling, operation. Seethe nouns. High place, 
in Scrip., an eminence selected for worship, usually lor 
idolatrous rites; hence, the idols and instruments of such 
worship. 
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highest for them. Scott, Redgauntlet, ch. xiv. 
His heart, which has been ticking accurate seconds for 
the last year, gives a bound, and begins to beat high and 
irregularly in his breast. 
S. L. Steemton, Virginibus Puerisque, iii. 
"What does it matter to him who has the property? 
it could not come to him, anyhow," cried Wat, with great 
energy, coloring high. Mrs. Uliphant, Poor Gentleman, iii. 
High and low, up and down ; here and there ; every- 
where : as, I have looked lor it high and low. [Colloq.J 
They have both come back, and have been tramping high 
and low. Dickens, Bleak House, xxxi. 
hight (hi), v. [Early mod. E. also hye, hie, etc.; 
< ME. hit/lien, Hgeu, hegen, heien, < AS. hedn (= 
OHG. hohjan, hohan, MHG. haehcn, G. er-hohen 
= Goth, hauhjan), make high, raise, < hedh, high : 
see high, a.] I. trans. To make high; lift up; 
raise; exalt. 
For he that humbelithe hym most, is more highed with 
God. Boo* of the Knight of La Tour Landry, p. 20. 
And we district! counseils and al highnesse that higheth 
itsilf aghens the science of God. Wydif, 2 Cor. x. 5. 
II. in trans. To rise or be at its highest point, 
as the tide. 
It floweth there at a Southsouthwest moone full sea, and 
h;iiili two fadome and a halfe water. 
Hakluyt's Voyages, I. 279. 
He [Hezektah] removed the hi;/h places, and brake the 1,4 -,1. v-.w-j /v-/v i *\ TT i.- i_ i_ 
images, and cut down the groves. 2 Ki. xviii 4 HigH-baCKed (hi bakt), . Having a high back : 
High priest, relief, school, etc. s eB thenmin_mrt . s '. a . Mgh-backed. chair. 
to high-water mark, returning with the ebb to low-water t* 011 ' bender, meaning one who goes on the 
mark. (2) As used to designate the area which is not sort of spree so called.] 1. A bold rovstering 
gSM^dltfiS^ira tSeocea'n exfe! ^^ ^^ *"*** ' f * ^"f "%?* 
rlor to a line parallel to the general direction of the shore, ftommlts ""*""> r,n ,<, ^ m w. <*, 
and distant a marine league therefrom. The distance 
was flxed with reference to the fact that, at the time when 
it was flxed, it was the limit of the area of coast-waters 
is to be drawn with reference to headlands, so as to In- . 
elude in the territorial jurisdiction those inlets and arms 2. A member of a Chinese secret society, band, 
of the sea over which the nation may justly claim and ac- or cane said to exist in California and other 
tually enforce its power. The application of the rule to , ".T t u TT , 
bays and to arms of the sea bounding two countries often P ar .t? 01 the United btates, associated for black- 
involves great difference of opinion. The great lakes are mailing purposes, and even for assassination, 
not deemed high seas. High table, in the University in the interest and pay of other societies or in- 
of Oxford, the table at which the fellows and some other diviiiiiala 
privileged persons dine. luals - 
Suey Gum, the Chinese woman, . . . was finally released 
commits outrages on persons or property "for 
fun." Highbinders, so called, were known in New York, 
Baltimore, and other cities before 1849. In that year and 
subsequently they became familiar in California, whereat 
present the name is used only as in the next definition. 
[U. S.] 
Wine is not generally allowed in the public hall, except 
to the high table. De Quincey, Life and Manners (Oxford). 
. . . . 
from the embezzlement charge brought against her by the 
highbinders. Sea: York Semi-weekly Tribune, May 20, 1887. 
high-blest (hi'blesf), a. 
[Rare.] 
Supremely happy. 
We did not return home till near nine, and so, instead 
of dining, all sat down to high tea.. 
V. A. Kemble, Records of a Girlhood, June 11, 1831. 
High tomb, Tory, treason, water, etc. See the nouns. 
High- water mark, shrub, etc. see water. High , . 
wines, the strong spirit obtained by the redistillation of high-blooded (hi'blud'ed), a. 
That from us aught should ascend to Heaven 
So prevalent, as to concern the mind 
Of God hiyh-lilest, or to incline his will, 
Hard to belief may seem. Milton, P. L., xi. 145. 
_ . - -_ Of high birth; 
the low wines, or a strong alcoholic product obtained by of noble lineage ; of a fine strain, as an Arabian 
rectification. How's thatfor high? what do you think horse 
of that for a stroke of skill or luck in allusion to the card 
called "the high' in the game of high low-jack. [Slang, 
U.S.] In or for high and lowt, wholly; completely, 
in every respect. 
.For heigh and lovgh, withouten any drede, 
I wol alway thine hestis alle keepe. 
Chaucer, Troilus, iii. 418. 
In high feather. See feather. On high, upon high. 
Satan has many great queens in his court, . . . many 
high-blooded beauties in his court. J. Baillie. 
high-blown (hi' blon), n. Inflated; puffed up. 
My high-bloicn pride 
At length broke under me. 
Shak., Hen. VIII., lit 2. 
*4i BMMf *cuiic*. 'J*i ^tl*lcf. vn Xll&li, UPU11 ll!gll. . , /-U-/T-4 \ r/ 1rr\ 
(a) In a high place or situation; at a conspicuous elevation. Hlgfl-pOni (ni born), a. [< M.L. "nigh-boi'en, 
luvh-iboren = D. hooggeboren = G. hochgeboren = 
Dan. hojbaaren = Sw. hogboren; as high + born.} 
Of high rank by birth ; of noble birth or extrac- 
tion. 
I am too high-born to be propertied, 
To be a secondary at control. 
Shak., K. John, v. 2. 
High-born Hoel's harp, or soft Llewellyn's lay. 
Gray, The Bard, I. i. 14. 
high-boy (hi'boi), n. If. An extreme Tory and 
High-churchman, supposed to favor Jacobitism. 
Davies. 
I am amaz'd to find you in the interest of the High-boys 
you that are a clothier ! What, can you be for giving up 
trade to France, and starving poor weavers? 
Mrs. Centlivi-e, Gotham Election. 
Holy heuen opon hey hollyche [wholly] he fourmede. 
Fieri Plowman's Crede (E. E. T. S.), 1. 796. 
He pulleth dowue, he setteth up on hy. 
apautr, F. Q., v. ii. 41. 
(6) To or in heaven ; used substantively, heaven. 
When he was ascended up on high, he led captivity cap- 
tive. Eph. iv. 8. 
We, whose souls are lighted 
With wisdom from on high. 
Bp. Helter, Missionary Hymn, 
(ct) In a loud voice ; aloud. 
The goos, the cokkow, and the doke also, 
Socryede, "Kek kek," "kokkow," " quek quek " on hye, 
That thurh myne eres the noyse wente tho. 
Chaucer, Parliament of Fowls, L 499. 
The goose hangs high. See goose. To be or get on the 
(or one's) high ropes, to be or become greatly excited 
] To have the higher handt. 
See tall. 
II. . 1. An elevated place; a superior re- 
from 
legs are called low-boys. 
gion. See on high, above. 2. In card-playing, high-bred (hi'bred), a. 
the ace or highest trump out. 
high (hi), adv. [< ME. high, heigh, etc., < AS. 
hedh, also hedge, being ace. and instr. neut. of 
the adj. hedh, high: see high.'] In a high or 
loftymanner; to a great height, amount, extent, 
degree, etc.; eminently; powerfully; grandly; 
richly; extravagantly: as, to climb high; to play 
high (for high stakes) ; to live high ; to bid high. 
Our lives and deaths are equal benefits, 
And we make louder prayers to die nobly 
Than to live high and wantonly. 
Fletcher (and another), False One, Iv. 2. 
Iegs 
Those on shorter 
[New Eng.] 
1. Bred in high life ; 
. 
having refined manners or breeding. 
But p you cannot learn too early this fact, that irony is to 
highfalutin 
High-church (hi'cherch'), (i. Exalting the au- 
thority of the church; laying great stress 011 
ehnrch authority and jurisdiction : used specifi- 
cally of those in the Anglican Church who are 
known as High-churchmen, and of their prin- 
ciples. See Hiyh-ehurchmaii. [The term llinh- 
church first came into use to designate those who held to 
the independent authority of the spiritualty at the time 
James II. put the bishops in the Tower (168s) for refusing 
to read publicly the Declaration of Indulgence.] 
High-churchism (hi'cherch'izm), n. [< High- 
church + -ism.] The principles of High-church- 
men. 
High-churchman (hi'cherch'man), n. One of 
those members of the Anglican Church who 
maintain or attach especial importance to cer- 
tain strict views of doctrine. The points upon 
which they chiefly insist are the following : (1) the neces- 
sity of apostolic succession, canonical jurisdiction, and 
conformity to the teachings of the undivided catholic 
church in order to constitute a true and lawful branch of 
the church ; (2) the sacerdotal character of the Christian 
priesthood ; (H) that grace is conferred in the sacraments 
or sacramental rites, including continuation, absolution, 
etc., on all who receive them lawfully and without oppos- 
ing a moral or spiritual obstacle. Many High churchmen, 
believing that the maintenance of the catholic character 
and historical continuity of the Anglican Church involves 
the continuance or revival of ancient ritual, give ritual 
and ceremonies a prominent place in their teaching and 
practice. Those who go furthest in this direction are 
popularly called extreme High-churchmen and Kiluulists. 
high-cockalorum (hi'kok-a-16'rum), n. [< high 
+ cock?, vaguely used with an unmeaning Lat- 
in-seeming termination.] A game in which 
one boy jumps on the back of another, crying 
"high-cockalorum." 
Prisoner's base, rounders, high-cock-a-lorum, cricket, 
football, he was soon initiated into the delights of them 
all. T. Hughes, Tom Brown at Rugby, i. 3. 
high-colledt, . High-cut. 
By there came a gallant hende, 
Wi' high-coll'd hose and laigh-coll'd shoon. 
Cospatrick (Child s Ballads, I. 156). 
high-cross (hi'kros), n. A market-cross. 
I had as lief take her dowry with this condition to be 
whipped at the high-cross every morning. 
Shuk., 1. of the S., i. 1. 
high-day (hi'da), n. and a. [Also, in variant 
forms and senses, heyday and hocMay (q. v.) ; < 
ME. heigh day, hegh dai, hyegh dey, heh dai, etc. 
(= D. hoog dag = G. holier tag, etc.), < AS. hedh, 
high, dceg, day. Cf. Iiightide.] I. n. A feast-day, 
holiday, or festival ; a time of pleasure ; also, a 
time or period of full activity, strength, etc. 
Trompes, schalmuses, 
He seygh be for the hyegh-deys 
Stonde yn hys syghte. 
Lybeaus Discoims (Kitson's Metr. Rom., II. X 
The bucks of Edinburgh . . . have a certain shrewd- 
ness and self-command that is not often found among 
their neighbours in the high-dati of youth and exultation. 
Smollett, Humphrey Clinker, II. 50. 
Restless Brissot brings up reports, accusations, endless 
thin logic ; it is the man's high-day even now. 
Carlyle, French Rev., II. v. 7. 
II. a. Befitting or appropriate for a holiday. 
Thou spend'st such high-day wit in praising him. 
Shak., M. of V., II. 9. 
high-dilutionist (hi'di-lu"shon-ist), n. In med. 
highen (hi'en), v. t. [< high + -ewl. Cf. high, 
v7] To make high ; heighten. [Prov. Eng!] 
higher (hi'er), f . [< higher, cotnpar. of high, a. 
Cf. lower 1 , v.] I. trans. To make higher; ele- 
vate; raise; lift; hoist. [Rare.] 
They [the girls] weren't a bit nervous when I higliered 
the rope in my yard. 
H. Mayhew, London Labour and London Poor, III. 160. 
The major immediately presented a gun at his [the cap- 
tain's] breast, and desired him to "higher all sails, or you 
are a gone man. " 
MS. quoted in N. and Q., 7th ser., VII. 57. 
II. intrans. To rise ; ascend ; soar. [Rare.] 
She let me fly discaged to sweep 
In ever-hiyhering eagle-circles up 
To the great Sun of Glory. 
Tennyson, Gareth and Lynette. 
highermost (bi'er-most), frdv. superl. [< higher, 
compar. of high, + -most.] At the top. [Rare.] 
The purest things are placed highermost. The earth as 
grossest is put in the lowest room. 
Jtev. T. Adams, Works, I. 244. 
ii'fa-lu'tin), n. and a. [Also, rare- 
"' ifa- 
2. Of a fine breed ; high-blooded. 
His high-bred steed expands his nostrils wide. 
Cowper, Anti-Thelypthora, 1. 163. 
high-built (hi'bilt), a. Of lofty structure. 
I know him by his stride 
The giant Harapha of Gath, his look 
Haughty, as is his pile high-bvtU and proud 
Milton, S. A., 1. 1069. 
in popular appre- 
hension to high-flying, high-flown ; the second 
element being of no definite origin or mean- 
ing.] I. n. Pompous speech or writing; bom- 
bast; fustian. [U. S.] 
Bigk-falulin. as it is frequently written, is almost al- 
ways addressed to educated or half-educated audiences 
who are supposed to appreciate bombast. 
De Vere, Americanisms, p. 271. 
