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1. heighe adv.

113 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) High, high up, aloft; at, from, or to a high place; ?upright [quot.: ?a1425]; also fig.; (b) phrases: ben (riden, sitten) heighe on hors, sitten heighe in sadel, to ride high; be successful……

2. heigh adj.

758 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) High, lofty, big, tall; heigh der, stag; heigh got, he-goat; heigh halle (hous, bold), large house [often connoting pride and ostentation]; heigh hors (stede), fine tall horse [also, like heigh……

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