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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
High \High\, n.
1. An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky;
heaven.
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2. People of rank or high station; as, high and low.
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3. (Card Playing) The highest card dealt or drawn.
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High, low, jack, and the game, a game at cards; -- also
called all fours, old sledge, and seven up.
In high and low, utterly; completely; in every respect.
[Obs.] --Chaucer.
On high, aloft; above.
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The dayspring from on high hath visited us. --Luke
i. 78.
The Most High, the Supreme Being; God.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
High \High\, n.
1. An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky;
heaven.
2. People of rank or high station; as, high and low.
3. (Card Playing) The highest card dealt or drawn.
High, low, jack, and the game, a game at cards; -- also
called all fours, old sledge, and seven up.
In high and low, utterly; completely; in every respect.
[Obs.] --Chaucer.
On high, aloft; above.
The dayspring from on high hath visited us. --Luke
i. 78.
The Most High, the Supreme Being; God.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
on high
prep.phr.
1 To a high#Adjective position#Noun; or up#Preposition in, or to, the
sky#Noun; above#Preposition.
2 (lb en specifically chiefly Christianity literary) Up in, or to,
Heaven.
3 (lb en humorous) In authority, influence#Noun, or power#Noun.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
on high
prep.phr.
1 To a high#Adjective position#Noun; or up#Preposition in, or to, the
sky#Noun; above#Preposition.
2 (lb en specifically chiefly Christianity literary) Up in, or to,
Heaven.
3 (lb en humorous) In authority, influence#Noun, or power#Noun.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
on high
prep.phr.
1 To a high#Adjective position#Noun; or up#Preposition in, or to, the
sky#Noun; above#Preposition.
2 (lb en specifically chiefly Christianity literary) Up in, or to,
Heaven.
3 (lb en humorous) In authority, influence#Noun, or power#Noun.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
on high
prep.phr.
1 To a high#Adjective position#Noun; or up#Preposition in, or to, the
sky#Noun; above#Preposition.
2 (lb en specifically chiefly Christianity literary) Up in, or to,
Heaven.
3 (lb en humorous) In authority, influence#Noun, or power#Noun.
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
on high /ˌɒn hˈaɪ/
1. odafönt
2. mennyországban
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "on high":
above, abovestairs, airward, aloft, aloof, among the blest,
ethereally, high, high up, in glory, in heaven, in the air,
in the clouds, on stilts, on the peak, on tiptoe, over, overhead,
paradisally, skyward, straight up, tiptoe, to the zenith, up,
upstairs, upward, upwards
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
在高处,在天空,在天国
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