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Definition of Aheight
1. adv. Aloft; on high.
Definition of Aheight
1. Adverb. (obsolete) From high, from a high point. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aheight
1. aloft [adv] - See also: aloft
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aheight
Literary usage of Aheight
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1865)
"Every hill in this district, however, gives us evidenco of the extension of
cultivation to aheight we would not dream of attempting now. ..."
2. Switzerland and the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy, and the Tyrol by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1889)
"... B. l'/4, D. 3 fr. ; Kreuz) lies picturesquely in a deep valley, with its church
on aheight (2917') above the confluence of the .1 nun and the Albula ..."
3. Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the by James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1887)
"7, 1771,says:—'Never was party violence carried to such aheight as in this
session ; the House [the Irish House of Parliament] seldom breaking up till ..."
4. The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline and Fall of the by William Russell (1802)
"Most of the great fiefs were reunited to the crown: the authority of the prince
was raised to such aheight, as enabled him to maintain law and order; ..."
5. A new dictionary of the English language by Charles Richardson (1839)
"On head; head-long; foremost ; or head-foremost A-HIGH, aheight. On high ; above :
aloft. A-HOLD. To lay a ship a-hold ; or to stay her or place her so that ..."
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