height

height is a Noun

Definition:

[1] The condition of being high; elevated position. Behold the height of the stars, how high they are! Job xxii. 12.

[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 animal, especially of a man; stature. Bacon. [Goliath`s] height was six cubits and a span. 1 Sam. xvii. 4.

[3] Degree of latitude either north or south. [Obs.] Guinea lieth to the north sea, in the same height as Peru to the south. Abp. Abbot.

[4] That which is elevated; an eminence; a hill or mountain; as, Alpine heights. Dryden.

[5] Elevation in excellence of any kind, as in power, learning, arts; also, an advanced degree of social rank; preëminence or distinction in society; prominence. Measure your mind`s height by the shade it casts. R. Browning. All would in his power hold, all make his subjects. Chapman.

[6] Progress toward eminence; grade; degree. Social duties are carried to greater heights, and enforced with stronger motives by the principles of our religion. Addison.

[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. My grief was at the height before thou camest. Shak. On height, aloud. [Obs.] [He] spake these same words, all on hight. Chaucer.