English Dictionary: hochgekommenen | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hesychast \Hes"y*chast\, n. [Gr. [?] hermit, fr. [?] to be still or quiet, fr. [?] still, calm.] One of a mystical sect of the Greek Church in the fourteenth century; a quietist. --Brande & C. | |
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Hexeikosane \Hex*ei"ko*sane\, n. [Hex- + eikosane.] (chem.) A hydrocarbon, {C26H54}, resembling paraffine; -- so called because each molecule has twenty-six atoms of carbon. [Written also {hexacosane}.] | |
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Hexeikosane \Hex*ei"ko*sane\, n. [Hex- + eikosane.] (chem.) A hydrocarbon, {C26H54}, resembling paraffine; -- so called because each molecule has twenty-six atoms of carbon. [Written also {hexacosane}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
(e) Very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount; grand; noble. Both meet to hear and answer such high things. --Shak. Plain living and high thinking are no more. --Wordsworth. (f) Costly; dear in price; extravagant; as, to hold goods at a high price. If they must be good at so high a rate, they know they may be safe at a cheaper. --South. (g) Arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud; ostentatious; -- used in a bad sense. An high look and a proud heart . . . is sin. --Prov. xxi. 4. His forces, after all the high discourses, amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot. --Clarendon. 3. Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or superior degree; as, high (i. e., intense) heat; high (i. e., full or quite) noon; high (i. e., rich or spicy) seasoning; high (i. e., complete) pleasure; high (i. e., deep or vivid) color; high (i. e., extensive, thorough) scholarship, etc. High time it is this war now ended were. --Spenser. High sauces and spices are fetched from the Indies. --Baker. 4. (Cookery) Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures do not cook game before it is high. 5. (Mus.) Acute or sharp; -- opposed to {grave} or {low}; as, a high note. 6. (Phon.) Made with a high position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate, as [emac] ([emac]ve), [oomac] (f[oomac]d). See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 10, 11. {High admiral}, the chief admiral. {High altar}, the principal altar in a church. {High and dry}, out of water; out of reach of the current or tide; -- said of a vessel, aground or beached. {High and mighty} arrogant; overbearing. [Colloq.] {High art}, art which deals with lofty and dignified subjects and is characterized by an elevated style avoiding all meretricious display. {High bailiff}, the chief bailiff. {High Church}, [and] {Low Church}, two ecclesiastical parties in the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church. The high-churchmen emphasize the doctrine of the apostolic succession, and hold, in general, to a sacramental presence in the Eucharist, to baptismal regeneration, and to the sole validity of Episcopal ordination. They attach much importance to ceremonies and symbols in worship. Low-churchmen lay less stress on these points, and, in many instances, reject altogether the peculiar tenets of the high-church school. See {Broad Church}. {High constable} (Law), a chief of constabulary. See {Constable}, n., 2. {High commission court},a court of ecclesiastical jurisdiction in England erected and united to the regal power by Queen Elizabeth in 1559. On account of the abuse of its powers it was abolished in 1641. {High day} (Script.), a holy or feast day. --John xix. 31. {High festival} (Eccl.), a festival to be observed with full ceremonial. {High German}, [or] {High Dutch}. See under {German}. {High jinks}, an old Scottish pastime; hence, noisy revelry; wild sport. [Colloq.] [bd]All the high jinks of the county, when the lad comes of age.[b8] --F. Harrison. {High latitude} (Geog.), one designated by the higher figures; consequently, a latitude remote from the equator. {High life}, life among the aristocracy or the rich. {High liver}, one who indulges in a rich diet. {High living}, a feeding upon rich, pampering food. {High Mass}. (R. C. Ch.) See under {Mass}. {High milling}, a process of making flour from grain by several successive grindings and intermediate sorting, instead of by a single grinding. {High noon}, the time when the sun is in the meridian. {High place} (Script.), an eminence or mound on which sacrifices were offered. {High priest}. See in the Vocabulary. {High relief}. (Fine Arts) See {Alto-rilievo}. {High school}. See under {School}. {High seas} (Law), the open sea; the part of the ocean not in the territorial waters of any particular sovereignty, usually distant three miles or more from the coast line. --Wharton. {High steam}, steam having a high pressure. {High steward}, the chief steward. {High tea}, tea with meats and extra relishes. {High tide}, the greatest flow of the tide; high water. {High time}. (a) Quite time; full time for the occasion. (b) A time of great excitement or enjoyment; a carousal. [Slang] {High treason}, treason against the sovereign or the state, the highest civil offense. See {Treason}. Note: It is now sufficient to speak of high treason as treason simply, seeing that petty treason, as a distinct offense, has been abolished. --Mozley & W. {High water}, the utmost flow or greatest elevation of the tide; also, the time of such elevation. {High-water mark}. (a) That line of the seashore to which the waters ordinarily reach at high water. (b) A mark showing the highest level reached by water in a river or other body of fresh water, as in time of freshet. {High-water shrub} (Bot.), a composite shrub ({Iva frutescens}), growing in salt marshes along the Atlantic coast of the United States. {High wine}, distilled spirits containing a high percentage of alcohol; -- usually in the plural. {To be on a high horse}, to be on one's dignity; to bear one's self loftily. [Colloq.] {With a high hand}. (a) With power; in force; triumphantly. [bd]The children of Israel went out with a high hand.[b8] --Ex. xiv. 8. (b) In an overbearing manner, arbitrarily. [bd]They governed the city with a high hand.[b8] --Jowett (Thucyd. ). Syn: Tall; lofty; elevated; noble; exalted; supercilious; proud; violent; full; dear. See {Tall}. | |
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High-seasoned \High"-sea`soned\, a. Enriched with spice and condiments; hence, exciting; piquant. | |
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High-sighted \High"-sight`ed\, a. Looking upward; supercilious. --Shak. | |
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Coumaric \Cou*mar"ic\ (k??-m?r"?k), a. Relating to, derived from, or like, the {Dipterix odorata}, a tree of Guiana. {Coumaric acid} (Chem.), one of a series of aromatic acids, related to cinnamic acid, the most important of which is a white crystalline substance, {HO.C6H4.C2H2.CO2H}, obtained from the tonka bean, sweet clover, etc., and also produced artificially. | |
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Huachuca City, AZ (town, FIPS 34120) Location: 31.63207 N, 110.34085 W Population (1990): 1782 (837 housing units) Area: 7.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 85616 |