Definition of height

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Height (n.) 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 animal, especially of a man; stature..

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Sequoia :: Sequoia (n.) A genus of coniferous trees, consisting of two species, Sequoia Washingtoniana, syn. S. gigantea, the big tree of California, and S. sempervirens, the redwood, both of which attain an immense height..
Undergrow :: Undergrow (v. i.) To grow to an inferior, or less than the usual, size or height..
Highth :: Highth (n.) Variant of Height.
Slender :: Slender (superl.) Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant..
Brobdingnagian :: Brobdingnagian (a.) Colossal; of extraordinary height; gigantic.
Swell :: Swell (v. t.) To aggravate; to heighten.
High :: High (n.) An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.
Heightener :: Heightener (n.) One who, or that which, heightens..
Bed Steps :: Bed steps () Steps for mounting a bed of unusual height.
Dovecote :: Dovecote (n.) A small house or box, raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments, in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house..
Dendrometer :: Dendrometer (n.) An instrument to measure the height and diameter of trees.
Isobar :: Isobar (n.) A line connecting or marking places upon the surface of the earth where height of the barometer reduced to sea level is the same either at a given time, or for a certain period (mean height), as for a year; an isopiestic line..
Hight :: Hight (n.) A variant of Height.
Apomecometer :: Apomecometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the height of objects.
Sink :: Sink (v. i.) To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height..
Undergrown :: Undergrown (a.) Of small stature; not grown to a full height or size.
Surbated :: Surbased (a.) Having the vertical height from springing line to crown less than the half span; -- said of an arch; as, a segmental arch is surbased..
Cabling :: Cabling (n.) The decoration of a fluted shaft of a column or of a pilaster with reeds, or rounded moldings, which seem to be laid in the hollows of the fluting. These are limited in length to about one third of the height of the shaft..
Zest :: Zest (v. t.) To give a relish or flavor to; to heighten the taste or relish of; as, to zest wine..
Low :: Low (superl.) Not rising to the usual height; as, a man of low stature; a low fence..
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