high built

1. Of lofty structure. "Sofa, and couch, and high- built throne august." Cowper: Task, v. 164. (7) Excited, lively, animated. "Mary was not merely in high , but in extravagant spirits."- Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. x. (8) Boisterous. threatening, violent, tempestuous, angry. "I heard the click and fall of swords, And Ca io high in oath." Shakesp.: Othello, ii. 3. 2. Covered with or bearing a lofty building or "The high - built elephant his castle rears." High-church, s. & a. Creech. (Todd.) A. As subst .: The High-church party (q. v.). B. As adj .: Entertaining high notions regarding the prerogatives of the church. High - church party: Ecclesiol. & Ch. Hist .: One of the three great parties in the English Church. They regard the chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; 2. Fig .: Described or represented in strong or forcible language; vivid; as, a high - colored description.