highfalutin 
II. a. Pompous; high-sounding; bombastic. 
I am aware that this theory of politics will seem to 
many to be stilted, overstrained, and, as the Americans 
would say, high-faluten. Trolloiie, Autobiog.,p. 2C5. 
The verse should never soar to hi'jhj'alutin or sink to 
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high-pitched 
The Louterell Psalter supplies examples of the tight 
.eggings and highlow boots. Ai-chantl. lust. Jour., X. 2(il. 
Not so flushed, not so highfaluting (let me dare the 
odious word) as the modern style. Lowell. 
high-fed (hi'fed), a. Generously or luxurious- 
ly fed; in high condition. 
I have too solid a body ; and my belief is like a Puri- 
tan's on Good-Friday, too high-fed with capon. 
Fletcher (ant another), Fair Maid of the Inn, iv. 2. 
A favourite mule, high-fed, and in the pride of Hesh and 
mettle, would still be bragging of his family. 
Sir Ji. L' Estrange. 
high-finished (hi'fin"isht), a. Finely wrought ; 
elaborate; refined. 
Petronius ! all the muses weep for thee, . . . 
Thou polish d and high-finished toe to truth. 
Cuwper, Progress of Error, L 841. 
high-flavored (hi'fla"vord), a. Having a pun- 
gent or fine flavor. 
Every where huge cover'd tables stood, 
With wines high-jlaoour'd and rich viands crown'd. 
Thomson, Castle of Indolence, i. 34. 
high-flier (hi'fli'er), n. 1. A bird that flies to 
a great height ; hence, one who is extravagant 
or goes to extremes in his aims, actions, or pre- 
tensions: sometimes applied in England to a 
genteel beggar. 
I like your high-fliers ; it is your plodders I detest. 
Disraeli, Coningsby, vi. 3. 
2. One of certain geometrid moths : an Eng- 
lish collectors' name. The ruddy high-flier as 
Ypsipetes ruberata; the July high-flier is Y. elu- 
tata. Purple high-flier. Same as emperor, 3 (a) (2). 
high-flown (hrflon), a. 1. Raised to a high 
pitch; elevated; elated. 
This stiff-neck'd pride nor art nor force can bend, 
Nor high-flown hopes to Reason's lure descend. 
Sir J. Deiiham, Prudence. 
We that are angry and pleas'd every half Hour, having 
nothing at all of all this high-flown Fury ! 
Steele, Grief A -la-Mode, 1L 1. 
2. Enthusiastic; extravagant; bombastic. 
This fable is a high-flown hyperbole upon the miseries 
of marriage. Sir R. L' Estrange. 
Sir Plercie Shafton found leisure to amuse the time in 
high-flown speeches and long anecdotes. 
Scott, Monastery, xxix. 
high-flying (ln'fll"ing), a. Extravagant in con- 
duct, aims, or pretensions ; having lofty no- 
tions ; going or carried to extremes. 
That same exquisite obseruing of number and measure 
in words, and that high flying liberty of conceit proper to 
the Poet, did seeme to haue some dyuine force in it. 
Sir P. Sidney, ApoL for Poetrie. 
Clip the wings 
Of their high-flying arbitrary kings. 
Dryden, tr. of Virgil's Georgics, iv. 161. 
But the young man [Sheridan] was romantically mag- 
nanimous and highflying in his sense of honour. 
Mrs. Oliphant, Sheridan, p. 41. 
highgatet, . [< ME. heie gate : see high and 
gate.~\ A highway. 
Then should many worthy spirits get up the kighgate 
of preferment, and idle drones should not come nearer 
than the Dunstable highway of obscurity. 
Rev, T. Adams, Works, I. 46. 
Highgate resin. See resin. 
high-go (hi'go), . [< high + go.] A drink- 
ing-bout ; a spree ; a frolic. [Vulgar.] 
high-grown (lu'gron), a. 1. Grown high, as 
a plant. 2. Covered with tall vegetation. 
Search every acre in the high-grown field, 
And bring him to our eye. Shak., Lear, iv. 4. 
high-handed (hi'han*ded), a. Carried on with 
a high hand; overbearing; arbitrary; violent: 
as, high-handed oppression. 
The decision was that it would be a high-handed pro- 
ceeding to refuse the right of petition to a body of gentle- 
men, many of them related to the greatest nobles in the 
land. Motley, Dutch Republic, I. 510. 
high-hearted (hl'liar'ted), a. Courageous; 
high-spirited. 
Tell your hifih-hearted masters, they shall not seek us, 
Nor cool i' the field in expectation of us. 
Fletcher, Humorous Lieutenant, i. 1. 
highhoe (Who), n. [Var. of hcighaw, haihov, 
etc. : see hickwall, hickwaij. Cf. higlihole. high- 
holder.'] The green woodpecker, yaffle, or pop- 
injay, (lecinus riridis. Compare laughing-bird. 
[Local, Eng.] 
highholder (hi ' hoi " der), . [A var. of liigh- 
hoe, hcighaw, etc., simulating high + holder: 
see highhoe.'] Same as highholc. [Local, U. S.] 
er, laptei auratus. [ocal, U. S.J 
A youth . . . once induced a high-hole to lay twenty- 
nine eggs, by robbing her of an egg each day. 
The Century, XXXII. 277. 
high-hook (hi'huk), . Same as high-line. 
high-keyed (hi'ked), a. 1. High-strung; in- 
tent; eager. 
She sat from Sunday to Sunday under Dr. Stern's preach- 
ing. With a kiyh-ki'yed, acute mind, she could not help 
listening and thinking; and such thinking is unfortunate, 
to say the least. H. B. Stowe, Oldtown, p. 215. 
2. In music, at a high pitch, 
highland (hl'land), n. and a. [Sc. hieland; = 
D. hooglaiid = G. hochland = Dan. hiijland = 
Sw. hogland; as high + land.] I. n. 1. An 
highhole (hi'hol), . [A var. of highhoe, ult. 
of hickwall, etc., simulating high + hole 1 , as if 
in ref. to its wood-pecking habits: see hick- high-low-jack (hi lo jak ), n. Agameof cards: 
wall.~\ The golden-winged woodpecker or flick- same as all-fours. 
" " highly (\n'h),adv. [< ME. Mjqf, n|f, ww ?*, 
etc., < AS. heaKce (= D. hoogelijh = G. ln'ii-h- 
lich = Dan. hojlig = Sw. hogligen), < hcdh, high: 
see high and -ly 2 .] In a high manner; to a high 
degree ; in a high state or condition. 
Holy Cherche is honoured hey Cliche thorus his deynge. 
Piers Plouniian (B), xv. :iii4. 
It was a 176 loaf, or rather a pye made in the form of 
a loaf, for it inclosed some salmon highly seasoned with 
pepper. Cook, Third Voyage, iv. 11. 
Milton, it is well known, admired Euripides highly, 
much more highly than, in our opinion, turipides de- 
served. Macaulay, Milton. 
Probably Mr. M'Connell's estimate would be a fair aver- 
age for cows of full size high >j kept. 
Quarterly Rev., CXLV. 321. 
A common Euro- 
abrupt "elevation of land; a high promontory high-mallow (hi'mal'6), n. 
or plateau: as, a jutting highland. 2. pi. An p ea]1 plant, Malva sylvestris, now naturalized 
elevated region broken into hills and moun- j n North America. 
tains: often used as a proper name: as, the high-ment (hi'men), n. pi. False dice so loaded 
Highlands of Scotland ; the Hudson Highlands; as always to turn up high numbers: opposed 
the highlands of Abyssinia. to low-men. 
Farewell to the Highland*, farewell to the North, 
The birth-place of valour, the countiy of worth. 
Hums, My Heart's in the Highlands. 
Three silver dice. 
They run high, two cinques and a quater! 
They're high men, fit for his purpose. 
He never gave vent to his passion until he got fairly lliddleton Your Five Gallants v. 1. 
nong the highlands of the Hudson. high-mettled (hi met " Id), o. High-spirited ; 
courageous; full of fire; mettlesome: as, a high- 
mettled steed. 
Irving, Knickerbocker, p. 252. 
Having thus sketched the history of earth sculpture 
and summarized its results, we make examination of the 
Highlands. This region is defined to include that part of 
Scotland which lies to the north and west of a line drawn 
from the mouth of the Clyde through Dumbartonshire, 
With such loyal and high-mettled cavaliers to support 
him, Mondejar could not feel doubtful of the success of 
his arms. Prescott. 
Stirlingshire, Perthshire, Forfarshire, to Stonehaven on high-minded (hi'min"ded), a. [< high + mind + 
the Kincardine coast. Westminster Rec., CXXVIII. 762. _<, f ;2. Cf. magnanimous.] 1. Of or pertaining 
to an elevated mind ; having or resulting from 
high principle ; honorable; magnanimous: as, 
a high-minded ruler; a high-minded act. 
II. a. Pertaining or belonging to high lands 
or to mountainous regions, especially (with a 
capital) the Highlands of Scotland: as, high- 
land scenery ; highland vegetation. 
A Highland lad my love was born, 
The Lawland laws he held in scorn. 
Burns, Jolly Beggars (song). 
I cannot sleep on Highland brae, 
I cannot pray in Highland tongue. 
Scott, L. of the L., iv. 22 (song). 
See 
To a high-minded man, wealth, power, court-favor, even 
personal safety, would have appeared of no account, when 
opposed to friendship, gratitude, and honour. 
Aiacaulay, Lord Bacon. 
2. Proud; arrogant: as, high-minded confidence. 
A hye. mynded man thinketh no wight worthy to match 
with' him. fJabees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 93. 
Rom. xi. 20. 
Be not highminded, but fear. 
He was a great Enemy to the clergy, high-minded, and 
trusting to his wealth. Milton, Hist. Eng., iii. 
= Syn. 1. Honorable, noble, generous, lofty, chivalrous, 
high toned. 
The 
Highland fling. See fling, 3. Highland plover. 
plover. 
Highlander (Wlan-der), n. [Sc. hielandcr; =D. 
Itooglander = G. hochttiuder = Dan. hiijlcender 
= Sw. hdglandare ; as highland + -c)' 1 .] Anin- ... 
habitant of highlands; specifically (with a cap- high-mindedness (hi'min"ded-nes), n. 
ital), an inhabitant or a member of tho Gaelic quality or state of being high-minded. 
race of the Highlands of Scotland. Highmorean(hi'm6-re-an),a. [<High more (see 
Behind every seat stood a gigantic Highlander, com- def :> ViS.' 1 R^gSQ* tO ^A?^^ 2SSf" 
pletely dressed and armed after the fashion of his country, omist Nathaniel Hlghmore (1613-84) High- 
Scott, Legend of Montrose, iv. morean antrum or antrum Hlghmorianum. See an- 
,.,, ji i- ,,-,i j- t\ r/ i i i j _i_ trum. Hlghmorean body. See corpus Highmorianum, 
hlghlandish (hi'lan-dish), a. [< highland + un(ler corjws. 
-ish 1 .] Of the nature of highlands ; character- highmostt (hi'most), a. superl. [< high + -most.] 
ized by high or mountainous land. Highest. 
The country round Is altogether so higldandiih that Now is the sun upon the high-moil hill 
sometimes ... I really thought myself at home. Of this day's journey. Shak., R. and J., il. 5. 
Drummond, Travels, p. 10. n ig n . nec ted (hi'nekt), a. In dressmaking, cut 
Highlandman (hi'land-man), n. ; pi. Highland- so as to cover the shoulders and neck: said of 
men (-men). [Sc. hielandman; as highland + a gown, etc.: opposed to low-necked, 
man.] A Highlander. highness (Wnes), n. [<ME. hignesse, 
A dirk, which is borne by the savage Highland-man. 
Scott, Abbot, iv. 
There's not a lad in a' the Ian' 
Was match for my John Highlandman. 
Burns, Jolly Beggars (song). 
Highlandry (hi'land-ri), n. [< highland + -ry.] 
Scotch Highlanders collectively. Smollett. 
high-line, high-liner (hi'lin, -ir'ner), n. The 
etc., < AS. heahiies, -nis (= OHG. hohnessa), < 
7ieri/i,high: see high a,nd -ness.] 1. The state of 
being high, in any of the senses of that word. 
Destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason 
of his highness I could not endure. Job xxxl. 23. 
2. A title of honor given to princes of the 
blood ; also, in some German states, a title given 
,-,'.. 11 ini...J j_l_ _ __ _ 
most successful one of several fishermen ; the to the reigning dukes or grand dukes and their 
one who takes the most fish with his line : also 
used adjectively. Also high-hook. 
In a single day a high-line fisherman has caught from 
ten to fifteen barrels. Stand. Xat. Hitt., III. 196. 
high-lived (hi'llvd), a. Pertaining to high life. 
That would be forfeiting all pretensions to high life, or 
hinh-lived company. 
Goldsmith, Citizen of the World, Ixxi. 
heirs apparent: used with a possessive pro- 
noun, his, her, your: as, his royal highness; her 
imperial highness. 
Duke F. Thou art thy father's daughter, there 's enough. 
Ros. So was I when your highness took his dukedom. 
Shak., As you Like it, i. S. 
Three ladies of the Northern empire pray 
Your Highness would enroll them with your own. 
Tennyson, Princess, i. 
high-lonet, adv. A peculiar corruption of alone, high-palmed (hi'pamd), a. Bearing the palms 
Giveth her infant, puts it out to nurse; of the horns aloft; having lofty antlers, as a 
And when It once goes high-lone, takes It back. stag of full growth. 
ilarston, Antonio and Mellida, II., iv. 4. whenthv ^ A . (mMhart8 , the sport of bows and hounds, 
I could not stand a' high lone without I held a thing. gy gripple borderers' hands were banished thy grounds. 
Middleton, Blurt, Master-Constable, ii. 2. Drayton, Polyolbion, xxvi. 116. 
high-low (hi'16), n. [<high + low%.] A high high-pitched (hi'picht), a. 1. High-strung; 
shoe fastened with aleatherthongin front ; any aspiring; haughty. 
Nor were these high-pitched expectations ill-founded. 
Contemporary Rev., LIII. 7. 
Envy of so rich a thing. 
Braving compare, disdainfully did sting 
His high-pitch'd thoughts. Shale., Lucrece, 1. 41. 
2. In music, toned high. 
ankle-boot. The term is also used by archteological 
writers in describing the half -boots seen in medieval sculp- 
tures and miniatures. 
Bishop Fox . . . forbids the members of his establish- 
ment "to presume to use in the university, or away from 
it, red, ruby-coloured, white, green, or motley high-lows, 
or peaked shoes." Hock, Church of our Fathers, ii. 245. 
