adv. [ Pref. a- + height. ] Aloft; on high. [ Obs. ] “Look up aheight.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; other + &unr_; god. ] The worship of strange gods. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) Asparagine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The doctrine of antitheists. -- An`ti*the*is"tic a. [1913 Webster]

n. A disbeliever in the existence of God. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Afrikaans, fr. D. apart apart + -heid -hood. ] 1. segregation by race; -- a term used in South Africa.
Syn. -- racial segregation [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the official policy of strict segregation by race practised by the government of the Union of South Africa up to 1993. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. athéisme. See Atheist. ] 1. The disbelief or denial of the existence of a God, or supreme intelligent Being. [ 1913 Webster ]

Atheism is a ferocious system, that leaves nothing above us to excite awe, nor around us to awaken tenderness. R. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

Atheism and pantheism are often wrongly confounded. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Godlessness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; without god; 'a priv. + &unr_; god: cf. F. athéiste. ] 1. One who disbelieves or denies the existence of a God, or supreme intelligent Being. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A godless person. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Infidel; unbeliever. [ 1913 Webster ]

See Infidel. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. 1. Pertaining to, implying, or containing, atheism; -- applied to things; as, atheistic doctrines, opinions, or books. [ 1913 Webster ]

Atheistical explications of natural effects. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Disbelieving the existence of a God; impious; godless; -- applied to persons; as, an atheistic writer. -- A`the*is"tic*al*ly, adv. -- A`the*is"tic*al*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To render atheistic or godless. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They endeavored to atheize one another. Berkeley. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To discourse, argue, or act as an atheist. [ R. ] -- A"the*i`zer n. Cudworth. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Auto- + theism. ] 1. The doctrine of God's self-existence. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Deification of one's self; self-worship. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One given to self-worship. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From the introducer, a German named Baunscheidt. ] (Med.) A form of acupuncture, followed by the rubbing of the part with a stimulating fluid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Bindheim, a German who analyzed it. ] (Min.) An amorphous antimonate of lead, produced from the alteration of other ores, as from jamesonite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. bi- + theism. ] Belief in the existence of two gods; dualism. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ So called from Blenheim House, the seat of the duke of Marlborough, in England. ] A small variety of spaniel, kept as a pet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The interior slope of a fortification, against which the garrison lean in firing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a lip + -plasty. ] (Surg.) The process of forming an artificial tip or part of a lip, by using for the purpose a piece of healthy tissue taken from some neighboring part. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] (Zool.) See Chilopoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Chiroptera; -- an older spelling of chiropter. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

‖prop. n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. chei`r hand + ptero`n wing. ] (Zool.) An earlier spelling for Chiroptera, an order of Mammalia, including the bats, having four toes of each of the anterior limbs elongated and connected by a web, so that they can be used like wings in flying. See Chiroptera and Bat. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. (Zool.) chiropterous; belonging to the Chiroptera, or Bat family. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Cheiropterygia [ NL., fr. Gr. chei`r hand + pte`ryx, pte`rygos wing, fin. ] (Anat.) The typical pentadactyloid limb of the higher vertebrates. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. chei`r hand + &unr_; knowledge. ] The art of reading character as it is delineated in the hand.

-- Chei*ros"o*phist n. [1913 Webster]

‖prop. n. [ NL., fr. Gr. chei`r hand + qhri`on beast. ] (Poleon.) A genus of extinct animals, so named from fossil footprints rudely resembling impressions of the human hand, and believed to have been made by labyrinthodont reptiles. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A joint heir; one of two or more heirs; one of several entitled to an inheritance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female heir who inherits with other heiresses; a joint heiress. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being a coheir. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. ko`smos the world + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; god. ] Same as Pantheism. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. Disherit. ] To disinherit. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. di- + theism: cf. F. dithéisme. ] The doctrine of those who maintain the existence of two gods or of two original principles (as in Manicheism), one good and one evil; dualism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who holds the doctrine of ditheism; a dualist. Cudworth.

{ } a. Pertaining to ditheism; dualistic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'egw` I + qeo`s God. ] The deification of self. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>prop. a. [ G. ] Conforming to the scale used by Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit in the graduation of his thermometer; of or relating to Fahrenheit's thermometric scale. Used as an alternative to celsius. -- n. The Fahrenheit thermometer or scale. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The
Fahrenheit thermometer is so graduated that the freezing point of water is at 32 degrees above the zero of its scale, and the boiling point at one atmosphere of pressure is 212 degrees. It is commonly used in the United States and in England. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. [ German: counterglow. ] A faint patch of light in the night sky that appears opposite the sun; a reflection of sunlight by micrometeoric material in space.
Syn. -- counterglow. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. hayfare, AS. heáhfore, heáfore; the second part of this word seems akin to AS. fearr bull, ox; akin to OHG. farro, G. farre, D. vaars, heifer, G. färse, and perh. to Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, calf, heifer. ] (Zool.) A young cow. [ 1913 Webster ]

interj. An exclamation of surprise, joy, dejection, uneasiness, weariness, etc. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Written also hight. ] [ OE. heighte, heght, heighthe, AS. heáhðu, hēhðu fr. heah high; akin to D. hoogte, Sw. höjd, Dan. höide, Icel. hæð, Goth. hauhiþa. See High. ] 1. The condition of being high; elevated position. [ 1913 Webster ]

Behold the height of the stars, how high they are! Job xxii. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Goliath's ] height was six cubits and a span. 1 Sam. xvii. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Degree of latitude either north or south. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Guinea lieth to the north sea, in the same height as Peru to the south. Abp. Abbot. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That which is elevated; an eminence; a hill or mountain; as, Alpine heights. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Measure your mind's height by the shade it casts. R. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

All would in his power hold, all make his subjects. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Progress toward eminence; grade; degree. [ 1913 Webster ]

Social duties are carried to greater heights, and enforced with stronger motives by the principles of our religion. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

My grief was at the height before thou camest. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

On height, aloud. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] [ He ] spake these same words, all on hight. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Written also highten. ] [ imp. & p. p. Heightened p. pr. & vb. n. Heightening. ] 1. To make high; to raise higher; to elevate. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To carry forward; to advance; to increase; to augment; to aggravate; to intensify; to render more conspicuous; -- used of things, good or bad; as, to heighten beauty; to heighten a flavor or a tint. “To heighten our confusion.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

An aspect of mystery which was easily heightened to the miraculous. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Written also hightener. ] One who, or that which, heightens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a high place; the high part of a district; as, he doesn't like heights. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. god of dawn and light; guardian of Asgard.
Syn. -- Heimdall, Heimdallr. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Same as Heimdal.
Syn. -- Heimdal, Heimdallr. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Same as Heimdal.
Syn. -- Heimdall, Heimdal. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The buttocks; -- a word used with children. [ slang ]
Syn. -- ass, butt, buttocks, rear end, derriere, rump, behind. [ PJC ]

a. [ OF. haïnos hateful, F. haineux, fr. OF. haïne hate, F. haine, fr. haïr to hate; of German origin. See Hate. ] Hateful; hatefully bad; flagrant; odious; atrocious; giving great offense; -- applied to deeds or to character. [ 1913 Webster ]

It were most heinous and accursed sacrilege. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

How heinous had the fact been, how deserving
Contempt! Milton.

Syn. -- Monstrous; flagrant; flagitious; atrocious.

-- Hei"nous*ly, adv. -- Hei"nous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane.
Syn. -- atrocity, atrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. heir, eir, hair, OF. heir, eir, F. hoir, L. heres; of uncertain origin. Cf. Hereditary, Heritage. ] 1. One who inherits, or is entitled to succeed to the possession of, any property after the death of its owner; one on whom the law bestows the title or property of another at the death of the latter. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am my father's heir and only son. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who receives any endowment from an ancestor or relation; as, the heir of one's reputation or virtues. [ 1913 Webster ]

And I his heir in misery alone. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Heir apparent. (Law.) See under Apparent. --
Heir at law, one who, after his ancector's death, has a right to inherit all his intestate estate. Wharton (Law Dict.). --
Heir presumptive, one who, if the ancestor should die immediately, would be his heir, but whose right to the inheritance may be defeated by the birth of a nearer relative, or by some other contingency. [ 1913 Webster ]