on height

Height \Height\ (h[imac]t), n. [Written also {hight}.] [OE.
   heighte, heght, heighthe, AS. he['a]h[eth]u, h[=e]h[eth]u fr.
   heah high; akin to D. hoogte, Sw. h["o]jd, Dan. h["o]ide,
   Icel. h[ae][eth], Goth. hauhi[thorn]a. See {High}.]
   1. The condition of being high; elevated position.
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            Behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
                                                  --Job xxii.
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   2. The distance to which anything rises above its foot, above
      that on which in stands, above the earth, or above the
      level of the sea; altitude; the measure upward from a
      surface, as the floor or the ground, of an animal,
      especially of a man; stature. --Bacon.
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            [Goliath's] height was six cubits and a span. --1
                                                  Sam. xvii. 4.
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   3. Degree of latitude either north or south. [Obs.]
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            Guinea lieth to the north sea, in the same height as
            Peru to the south.                    --Abp. Abbot.
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   4. That which is elevated; an eminence; a hill or mountain;
      as, Alpine heights. --Dryden.
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   5. Elevation in excellence of any kind, as in power,
      learning, arts; also, an advanced degree of social rank;
      pre["e]minence or distinction in society; prominence.
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            Measure your mind's height by the shade it casts.
                                                  --R. Browning.
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            All would in his power hold, all make his subjects.
                                                  --Chapman.
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   6. Progress toward eminence; grade; degree.
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            Social duties are carried to greater heights, and
            enforced with stronger motives by the principles of
            our religion.                         --Addison.
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   7. Utmost degree in extent; extreme limit of energy or
      condition; as, the height of a fever, of passion, of
      madness, of folly; the height of a tempest.
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            My grief was at the height before thou camest.
                                                  --Shak.
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   {On height}, aloud. [Obs.]
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            [He] spake these same words, all on hight.
                                                  --Chaucer.
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