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Definition of Highmen
1. n. pl. Loaded dice so contrived as to turn up high numbers.
Definition of Highmen
1. Noun. (plural of highman) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Highmen
1. highman [n] - See also: highman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Highmen
Literary usage of Highmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"9. ['The Mares . . . were scarce able to go high-lone', G. Washington, Diary,
March 13, 1760 (NED.).] highmen, loaded dice that produced high throws. ..."
2. The Contract of Pawn: As it Exists at Common Law, and as Modified by the by Francis Turner (1866)
"Baker 209 highmen v. Molloy 200 Hodgson, Ex parts 217 Holliday v. Camsell 69
Holroyd v. Gwynne 209 Hopley, Ex parts 206 Home v. Parker 62, 84a Horton v. ..."
3. The Albemarle Papers: Being the Correspondence of William Anne, Second Earl by William Anne Keppel Albemarle, Andrew Fletcher Milton, Charles Sanford Terry (1902)
"... highmen or Gentlemen. And all these Branches of the Chief have a certain Rank
In the Command of the Clan when it takes the Field. ..."
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