\Height\, n. [Written also {hight}.] [OE. heighte, heght,
heighthe, AS. he['a]h?u, fr. heah high; akin to D. hoogte,
Sw. h["o]jd, Dan. h["o]ide, Icel. h[ae]?, Goth. hauhipa. See
{High}.]
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;
   pre["e]minence 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.