HIEROGRAPHIIC
HIEROGRAPHI'ICHIEROG'RAPHY, noun [Gr. holy, and to write.]Sacred writing. [Little used.]
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HIEROGRAPHY
HIEROG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. holy, and to write.]Sacred writing. [Little used.]
HIEROLOGY
HIEROL'OGY, noun [Gr.] A discourse on sacred things.
HIEROMANCY
HIEROM'ANCY, noun [Gr. sacred, and divination.] Divination by observing the various things offered in sacrifice.
HIEROMNEMON
HIEROM'NEMON, noun [Gr. sacred, and preserving memory.]In ancient Greece, a magistrate who presided over the sacred rites and solemnities, etc.
HIEROPHANT
HI'EROPHANT, noun [Gr. sacred, and to show.] A priest; one who teaches the mysteries and duties of religion.
HIGGLE
HIG'GLE, verb intransitive [Latin cocio.]1. To carry provisions about and offer them for sale.2. To chaffer; to be difficult in making a bargain.It argues an ignorant mind, wher...
HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY
HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY, adverb In confusion; a low word.
HIGGLER
HIG'GLER, noun One who carries about provisions for sale.1. One who chaffers in bargaining.
HIGH
HIGH, adjective hi.1. Extending a great distance above the surface of the earth; elevated; lofty; of great altitude; as a high mountain; a high tower.2. Rising, or having risen,...
HIGH-AIMED
HIGH-AIMED, adjective Having grand or lofty designs.
HIGH-ARCHED
HIGH-ARCHED, adjective Having elevated arches.
HIGH-ASPIRING
HIGH-ASPI'RING, adjective Having elevated views; aiming at elevated objects.
HIGH-BLEST
HIGH-BLEST, adjective Supremely happy.
HIGH-BLOWN
HIGH-BLOWN, adjective Swelled much with wind; inflated, as with pride or conceit.
HIGH-BORN
HIGH-BORN, adjective Being of noble birth or extraction.
HIGH-BUILT
HIGH-BUILT, adjective Of lofty structure.1. Covered with lofty buildings.The high-built elephant his castle rears.
HIGH-CLIMBING
HIGH-CLIMBING, adjective Climbing to a great height.1. Difficult to be ascended.
HIGH-COLORED
HIGH-COLORED, adjective Having a strong, deep or glaring color.1. Vivid; strong or forcible in representation; as a high-colored description.
HIGH-DAY
HIGH-DAY, adjective Fine; befitting a holiday.
HIGH-DESIGNING
HIGH-DESIGNING, adjective Forming great schemes.
HIGH-EMBOWED
HIGH-EMBOWED, adjective Having lofty arches.
HIGH-ENGENDERED
HIGH-ENGEN'DERED, adjective Engendered aloft, or in the air.
HIGH-FED
HIGH-FED, adjective Pampered; fed luxuriously.
HIGH-FLAMING
HIGH-FLAMING, adjective Throwing flame to a great highth.
HIGH-FLIER
HIGH-FLIER, noun One that carries his opinions to extravagance.
HIGH-FLOWN
HIGH-FLOWN, adjective Elevated; swelled; proud; as high-flown hopes.1. Turgid; swelled; extravagant; as a high-flown hyperbole.