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ˈhigh-ˌset, a.
1. Set in a high or lofty position.
1382Wyclif Job xxxix. 28 In stones he dwellith, and in heȝe sett scarri flintis he bideth. 1765A. Dickson Treat. Agric. (ed. 2) 194 If the wrest is high set, the earth of the furrow will not touch the hinder part of the mold-board.
2. Set in a high key; high-pitched. Also fig.
a1631Drayton Wks. III. 1027 (Jod.) Thy high-set song. 1698Norris Pract. Disc. IV. 54 His Spiritual and high-set Ear. 1742Richardson Pamela III. 335 Like well-tuned Instruments: But..too high-set for me. 1784R. Bage Barham Downs I. 54 Mr. and Mrs. Hunt seemed at present too high set for the dull conversation of business. |