n. See Habergeon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. hauberc, halberc, F. haubert, OHG. halsberc; hals neck + bergan to protect, G. bergen; akin to AS. healsbeorg, Icel. hālsbjörg. See Collar, and Bury, v. t. ] A coat of mail; especially, the long coat of mail of the European Middle Ages, as contrasted with the habergeon, which is shorter and sometimes sleeveless. By old writers it is often used synonymously with habergeon. See Habergeon. [ Written variously hauberg, hauberque, hawberk, etc. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Helm, nor hawberk's twisted mail. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Named after Von Hauer, of Vienna. ] (Min.) Native sulphide of manganese, a reddish brown or brownish black mineral. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Haw a hedge. ] A low-lying meadow by the side of a river. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

On a haugh or level plain, near to a royal borough. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Haughty. ] High; elevated; hence, haughty; proud. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ From Haughty. ] In a haughty manner; arrogantly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ For hauteinness. See Haughty. ] The quality of being haughty; disdain; arrogance.

Syn. -- Arrogance; disdain; contemptuousness; superciliousness; loftiness. -- Haughtiness, Arrogance, Disdain. Haughtiness denotes the expression of conscious and proud superiority; arrogance is a disposition to claim for one's self more than is justly due, and enforce it to the utmost; disdain in the exact reverse of condescension toward inferiors, since it expresses and desires others to feel how far below ourselves we consider them. A person is haughty in disposition and demeanor; arrogant in his claims of homage and deference; disdainful even in accepting the deference which his haughtiness leads him arrogantly to exact. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Haughtier superl. Haughtiest. ] [ OE. hautein, F. hautain, fr. haut high, OF. also halt, fr. L. altus. See Altitude. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. High; lofty; bold. [ Obs. or Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To measure the most haughty mountain's height. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Equal unto this haughty enterprise. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant; overbearing. [ 1913 Webster ]

A woman of a haughty and imperious nature. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Indicating haughtiness; as, a haughty carriage. [ 1913 Webster ]

Satan, with vast and haughty strides advanced,
Came towering. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. (Naut.) To change the direction of a ship by hauling the wind. See under Haul, v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]

I . . . hauled up for it, and found it to be an island. Cook. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked. [ 1913 Webster ]

To haul around (Naut.), to shift to any point of the compass; -- said of the wind. --
To haul off (Naut.), to sail closer to the wind, in order to get farther away from anything; hence, to withdraw; to draw back. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hauled p. pr. & vb. n. Hauling. ] [ OE. halen, halien, F. haler, of German or Scand. origin; akin to AS. geholian to acquire, get, D. halen to fetch, pull, draw, OHG. holōn, halōn, G. holen, Dan. hale to haul, Sw. hala, and to L. calare to call, summon, Gr. kalei^n to call. Cf. Hale, v. t., Claim. Class, Council, Ecclesiastic. ] 1. To pull or draw with force; to drag. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some dance, some haul the rope. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thither they bent, and hauled their ships to land. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Romp-loving miss
Is hauled about in gallantry robust. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To transport by drawing, as with horses or oxen; as, to haul logs to a sawmill. [ 1913 Webster ]

When I was seven or eight years of age, I began hauling all the wood used in the house and shops. U. S. Grant. [ 1913 Webster ]

To haul over the coals. See under Coal. --
To haul the wind (Naut.), to turn the head of the ship nearer to the point from which the wind blows. [ 1913 Webster ]