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United States historic place
The Lehigh Canal is a navigable canal that begins at the mouth of Nesquehoning Creek on the Lehigh River in the Lehigh Valley and Northeastern regions
Lehigh_Canal
Canal in New Jersey
plentiful anthracite pig iron. The Morris Canal eased the transportation of anthracite from Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley to northern New Jersey's growing
Morris_Canal
Defunct mining and transportation company
1830s, the Lehigh Canal and its bridges along the Delaware River inspired the development and connection of four other regional canals. Lehigh Coal & Navigation
Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company
Lehigh_Coal_&_Navigation_Company
Former American railroad
The Lehigh Valley Railroad (reporting mark LV) was a railroad in the Northeastern United States built predominantly to haul anthracite coal from the Coal
Lehigh_Valley_Railroad
United States National Heritage Area in Pennsylvania
Delaware & Lehigh Canal National and State Heritage Corridor (DLNHC) is a 165-mile (266 km) National Heritage Area in eastern Pennsylvania in the United
Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor
Delaware_and_Lehigh_National_Heritage_Corridor
United States historic place
coal-carrying canals were completed first, including the Lehigh Canal in late 1820 and the Erie Canal in 1821 in New York. By mid-decade canal projects and
Main_Line_of_Public_Works
United States historic place
of the Lehigh River and terminal end of the Lehigh Canal at Easton south to Bristol. At Easton, which today is the home of The National Canal Museum,
Pennsylvania Canal (Delaware Division)
Pennsylvania_Canal_(Delaware_Division)
Era of canal-building
River Trust's Canal history The Canal Age, History of transport 1760-1840 National Canal Museum: Lehigh Navigation Historic photos of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation
Canal_age
United States historic place
Hudson Canal – Another early built coal canal as the American canal age began; contemporary with the Lehigh and the Schuylkill navigations. Lehigh Canal –
Chesapeake_&_Delaware_Canal
State park in Pennsylvania, United States
upper Lehigh Canal fed initially by a shortline railroad from the Mountain Top yard dating from the 1837 enabling legislation set up to join the Lehigh and
Lehigh_Gorge_State_Park
Former canal network in Pennsylvania
of canals during the early 19th century. These included the privately funded Lehigh Canal in 1818, which improved water transport on the lower Lehigh River
Pennsylvania_Canal
Former canal in Pennsylvania, United States
traffic, canal capacity (widening) modifications turned it into an open-cut. Like the later Delaware Canal was to the Lehigh, the Union Canal, built between
Schuylkill_Canal
Railroad in the northeastern United States
and his partner Erskine Hazard founded the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, creating the Lehigh Canal, and inspiring the exploitation of anthracite
Delaware_and_Hudson_Railway
Metropolitan Statistical Area in the United States
The Lehigh Valley (/ˈliːhaɪ/) is a geographic and metropolitan region formed by the Lehigh River in Lehigh and Northampton counties in eastern Pennsylvania
Lehigh_Valley
pioneering Lehigh Canal. In the merger of The Lehigh Coal Mining Company and the Lehigh Navigation Company, both of which operated in the Lehigh Valley area
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Lehigh_Coal_and_Navigation_Company
History museum in Easton, Pennsylvania
National Canal Museum, officially the Hugh Moore Historical Park & Museums, is a museum in Easton, Pennsylvania, and part of the Delaware and Lehigh National
National_Canal_Museum
Borough in Pennsylvania, United States
head of the canal's upper works, referred to as the Grand Lehigh Canal, whose navigations shortened the Lehigh Gorge, now located in the Lehigh Gorge State
Jim_Thorpe,_Pennsylvania
Freight railroad in Pennsylvania
States, which was used by the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company to transport coal from Summit Hill downhill to the Lehigh canal. The railway operated on 3 ft 6 in
Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway
Mauch_Chunk_Switchback_Railway
p. 2. Latzko 2011, p. 3. Carr, Everette (2003). "Lehigh Canal". History of Lehigh Canal and Lehigh Valley Railroad. Retrieved 2014-04-20. Dublin & Licht
History of anthracite coal mining in Pennsylvania
History_of_anthracite_coal_mining_in_Pennsylvania
runs through the Lehigh Gorge State Park, and was originally developed into a railroad corridor after an extension of the Lehigh Canal was first built
Lehigh_Gorge_Trail
Topics referred to by the same term
Illinois Lehigh, Iowa Lehigh, Kansas Lehigh, Oklahoma Lehigh, Barbour County, West Virginia Lehigh, Wisconsin Lehigh Canal, constructed along the Lehigh River
Lehigh
below the Navigations of the Pennsylvania Canal) in Pittston, in the Wyoming Valley, with the Lehigh Canal. Penobscot Knob or Mount Penobscot, looming
Mountain_Top_Yard
Artificial channel for water
Examples include the Lehigh Canal in Northeastern Pennsylvania's coal Region, Basse Saône, Canal de Mines de Fer de la Moselle, and canal Aisne. Riparian zone
Canal
Hudson Canal - Another early built coal canal as the American canal age began; contemporary with the Lehigh and the Schuylkill navigations. Lehigh Canal –
Pennsylvania Canal (Susquehanna Division)
Pennsylvania_Canal_(Susquehanna_Division)
Historic bridge in Pennsylvania, United States
also known as the Lehigh Canal Swinging Bridge and as Wire Towing Path at Pool No. 8, is a historic change bridge spanning the Lehigh River at Palmer Township
Chain Bridge (Easton, Pennsylvania)
Chain_Bridge_(Easton,_Pennsylvania)
Pennsylvania industrialist (1781–1850)
partners of the Lehigh Coal Company, the Lehigh Navigation Company, Ashley Planes, the Lehigh Canal, Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad, Lehigh Coal & Navigation
Josiah_White
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
the Delaware Canal, providing greater Philadelphia with the day's high quality anthracite coal from the Lehigh Canal via Easton. The canal and a short
Bristol,_Pennsylvania
on the Lehigh Canal to the Delaware River at Easton, Pennsylvania to markets in Philadelphia or New York City via the Delaware or Morris Canals. In 1806
Room_Run_Railroad
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
her boyfriend drowned after their car overturned into the Delaware Canal. The canal passes by Odette's Restaurant, where the couple had dined on a rainy
New_Hope,_Pennsylvania
United States historic place
Hudson Canal Delaware Canal, aka later: Pennsylvania Canal (Delaware Division) List of canals in the United States Lehigh Canal Pennsylvania Canal System
Union_Canal_(Pennsylvania)
Railroad line in central New Jersey and northeastern Pennsylvania
The Lehigh Line is a railroad line in Central New Jersey, Northeastern Pennsylvania, and the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. It is owned
Lehigh Line (Norfolk Southern)
Lehigh_Line_(Norfolk_Southern)
County in Pennsylvania, United States
Army for use as munitions. The opening of the Lehigh Canal beginning in 1827 transformed Allentown and Lehigh County from a rural agricultural area dominated
Lehigh_County,_Pennsylvania
Type of river boat in North America
Pennsylvania Canal System and Susquehanna River system were up to 75 feet (23 m) long, while the modular ark trains on the Lehigh Canal were coupled as
Ark_(river_boat)
River in Pennsylvania, United States
Glen Onoko – 20.9 miles Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Lehigh Canal List of Pennsylvania rivers U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography
Lehigh_River
Gift of real estate made by an authority
private companies, such as the Cumberland Road turnpike, the Lehigh Canal, the Schuylkill Canal and the many railroads that tied the young United States together
Land_grant
Subregion in Pennsylvania, United States
Hudson Canal. Pennsylvania began the Delaware Canal to connect the Lehigh Canal to Philadelphia and environs, while funding to build a canal across the
Coal_Region
Defunct railroad which operated in the state of Pennsylvania
of the Pennsylvania Canal to the Lehigh Canal on the Lehigh River. The rail line was later extended to the confluence of the Lehigh and Delaware rivers
Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad
Lehigh_and_Susquehanna_Railroad
American novelist
Chance (2004) Betsy's Return (2007) Sarah's Choice (2010) Brides of Lehigh Canal (2012) (3-in-1 collection of entire series) Lydia's Charm (2010) White
Wanda_E._Brunstetter
Freight rail line
along the upper or Grand division of the historic Lehigh Canal. Conrail sold the three-year-old Lehigh Division to the Reading Blue Mountain and Northern
Lehigh_Division
List of earliest railroads in North America
a famous tourist attraction—as were leisure cruises on the company's Lehigh Canal. The road carried cargo as a common carrier back up to Summit Hill almost
Oldest railroads in North America
Oldest_railroads_in_North_America
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
of the canal industry, specializing in the restoration, building, and repairing of boats along the Lehigh Canal, which ran parallel to the Lehigh River
Weissport,_Pennsylvania
Substance created by the smelting together of anthracite coal and iron ore
'Falls of the Schuylkill' —so had built the Lehigh Canal and taken over the works of the haphazard Lehigh Coal Mine Company—by the late 1820s having established
Anthracite_iron
Private university in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, US
Lehigh University (LU) is a private research university in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States. The university was established in 1865 by businessman
Lehigh_University
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
engineering works of the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company. These works included the upper Lehigh Canal, the Ashley Planes, the early Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad
Exeter,_Pennsylvania
City in Pennsylvania, United States
Allentown is a city in eastern Pennsylvania, United States. The county seat of Lehigh County, it is the third-most populous city in Pennsylvania, with a population
Allentown,_Pennsylvania
American engineer and inventor
was appointed Chief Engineer of the Delaware and Raritan Canal in 1825 and of the Lehigh Canal in 1827. He was also a consulting engineer for the Schuylkill
Canvass_White
stretches, competing directly with the Lehigh Valley Railroad and with the Lehigh Canal and the trunk road connection of the Belvidere Delaware Railroad to New
Belvidere_Delaware_Railroad
Path allowing a boat to be towed beside a river
Louisville Loop Pennsylvania Canal (Delaware Division) Lehigh Canal Leeds and Liverpool Canal Chambly Canal United Kingdom portal Transport portal Horse-drawn
Towpath
Hazleton. The company's main methods of export were via the Lehigh Canal and the Morris Canal. The company started out with a single furnace, but eventually
Glendon_Iron_Company
Taking advantage of seasonal freezing of the Lehigh Canal, and with materials prepared in advance, the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company (LC&N) converts their
Timeline of United States railway history
Timeline_of_United_States_railway_history
City in Pennsylvania, US
Bethlehem is a city in Northampton and Lehigh counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, Bethlehem
Bethlehem,_Pennsylvania
Mountain in Pennsylvania, United States
the Southern Anthracite region, Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company (LC&N, f.1821), which had built both the Lehigh Canal and the nation's second railway
Penobscot_Knob
Washington), Carbon County Section of the Lehigh Canal (Carbon and Northampton), Central Bethlehem Historic District (Lehigh and Northampton), Charleroi-Monessen
National Register of Historic Places listings in Pennsylvania
National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Pennsylvania
Canal in Washington, D.C., and Maryland
other canal using mules, was the Lehigh Canal, which was soon to close in 1940. Some of the lockkeepers stayed on, and there were a few canal superintendents
Chesapeake_and_Ohio_Canal
Highway in Pennsylvania and New York
counties through Jim Thorpe and along parts of the defunct historic Lehigh Canal and Lehigh Valley Railroad then over the divide near Nesquehoning into the
U.S._Route_209
Town in Warren County, New Jersey, US
the canal terminals of both the Delaware Canal and the Lehigh Canal by its cross-river cable ferry system to Easton, Pennsylvania. In 1853, the Lehigh Valley
Phillipsburg,_New_Jersey
County in Pennsylvania, United States
Railway connected mines west of Beaver Meadows and Weatherly to the Lehigh Canal opposite Lehighton. Carbon County was created on March 13, 1843, from
Carbon_County,_Pennsylvania
City in Pennsylvania, United States
is now known as the Lehigh Line; the Lehigh Line was bought by the Norfolk Southern Railway in 1999. In the mid-19th century, canal transportation was
Easton,_Pennsylvania
Beaver Creek to Penn Haven and along the Lehigh River through present-day Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania to the Lehigh Canal at Parryville, Pennsylvania. The settlement
Beaver Meadow Railroad and Coal Company
Beaver_Meadow_Railroad_and_Coal_Company
as the Lehigh Canal, Union Canal and the Schuylkill Canals that operated in Pennsylvania during the same boom era as when the Pennsylvania Canal System
Leiper_Canal
Horse, mule, donkey, or pony used to carry goods on its back
America. Afterwards in 1818−1827 its new management built first the Lehigh Canal, then the Mauch Chunk & Summit Hill Railroad, North America's second
Packhorse
Bethlehem Steel Erskine Hazard, co-founder, Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company, Lehigh Canal, and Lehigh Crane Iron Company David W. Hess, former New Hampshire
List of people from the Lehigh Valley
List_of_people_from_the_Lehigh_Valley
Contra Costa Canal Corning Canal Delta–Mendota Canal Eastside Canal Folsom South Canal Friant-Kern Canal Glenn Colusa Canal Inter-California Canal Kern Island
List of canals in the United States
List_of_canals_in_the_United_States
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Lehigh High School in Slatington. Presbyterian House Christ Church UCC Lehigh Canal in Walnutport "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census
Walnutport,_Pennsylvania
River
Catasauqua, and then into Catasauqua, where it flows into the Lehigh Canal and Lehigh River. Along its course, it passes Catasauqua High School and flows
Catasauqua_Creek
American painter
ghost of Pickett in a house that he had lived in. Manchester Valley Lehigh Canal, Sunset, New Hope, PA Coryell's Ferry, 1776 Washington Under the Council
Joseph_Pickett_(painter)
United States historic place
The Lehigh Valley Silk Mills were a collection of mills located in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania in the 19th and 20th centuries. The
Lehigh_Valley_Silk_Mills
Railway tunnel in Pennsylvania, USA
cutting nearly 15 difficult mountainous miles (24 km) off the trip to the Lehigh Canal terminal or, by rail, to other eastern coal companies, in the era when
Hauto_Tunnel
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
the one-way Lehigh Navigations in 1818, and travel Lehigh River downstream grew steadily safer. By the end of 1820, the new Lehigh Canal, still rough
Beaver_Meadows,_Pennsylvania
Monocacy Creek (pronounced muh-naw-cuh-see) is a tributary of the Lehigh River in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. The creek's name is a corruption of
Monocacy Creek (Lehigh River tributary)
Monocacy_Creek_(Lehigh_River_tributary)
River in eastern Pennsylvania, United States
underfunded construction rate of the Schuylkill Canal, the two jumped to option the mining rights of the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company, which disenchanted
Schuylkill_River
Carbon County Section of the Lehigh Canal
National Register of Historic Places listings in Northampton County, Pennsylvania
National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Northampton_County,_Pennsylvania
Borough in Morris County, New Jersey, US
the Morris Canal was completed from Newark to Phillipsburg, New Jersey across the Delaware River from the terminus of the Lehigh Canal. On the way,
Wharton,_New_Jersey
American engineering company
commemorated with a plaque. Glendon Hill Road Canal Bridge constructed in 1910. The historic bridge spans the Lehigh Canal in Easton, Pennsylvania. Allentown National
Guerber_Engineering
State park in Bucks and Northampton counties, Pennsylvania
Raritan Canal on the New Jersey side of the Delaware have not suffered the same damage. The Delaware Canal runs from the mouth of the Lehigh River in
Delaware_Canal_State_Park
River
Junction to the Lehigh Canal. List of rivers of Pennsylvania Lausanne was a 19th-century township which included the Lehigh's exit from the Lehigh River Gorge
Beaver Creek (Lehigh River tributary)
Beaver_Creek_(Lehigh_River_tributary)
American civil engineer (1810-1881)
the head of the team in charge of the most difficult section of the Lehigh Canal. After beginning his career in engineering, William continued to further
William_Milnor_Roberts
City in Pennsylvania, United States
Meadows and report the practicality of extending a railroad from the Lehigh Canal in Jim Thorpe to Beaver Meadows. Knowing that the area of Beaver Meadows
Hazleton,_Pennsylvania
Historic district in Pennsylvania, United States
Hill to Hill Bridge. Located in the district is the separately listed Lehigh Canal. Central Bethlehem's Historic District was added to the National Register
Central Bethlehem Historic District
Central_Bethlehem_Historic_District
Major river in the Northeastern United States
Michael (1989). Delaware and Lehigh Canals (First ed.). Oak Printing Company, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: Center for Canal History and Technology, Hugh Moore
Susquehanna_River
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
employees. A paved pathway leading down to the Delaware and Lehigh Canal towpath and Lehigh River was created, along with a parking lot, for future public
North Catasauqua, Pennsylvania
North_Catasauqua,_Pennsylvania
in 1827. Named the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company, initially a gravity road feeding anthracite coal downhill to the Lehigh Canal, using mule-power to
Rail transportation in the United States
Rail_transportation_in_the_United_States
Railway that uses a cable, rope or chain to haul trains
feeder railway shipped coal from the Pennsylvania Canal/Susquehanna basin via Mountain Top to the Lehigh Canal in the Delaware River Basin. The Welsh slate
Cable_railway
Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company (LC&N) held a virtual monopoly on Anthracite produced and shipped not only to eastern U.S. Cities via the Lehigh Canal
Panther_Creek_Valley
American artist and illustrator
Weighing the Cargoes in the Weigh Lock on the Lehigh Canal, Pennsylvania, Harper's Weekly, 1873
Paul_Frenzeny
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. Once a port and station along the busy Lehigh Canal, it is colloquially known as West Catty. It is part of the Lehigh Valley
West_Catasauqua,_Pennsylvania
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on National Register of Historic Places in Lehigh
National Register of Historic Places listings in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Lehigh_County,_Pennsylvania
19th-century turnpike in Pennsylvania
turnpike offered a road connecting to the Lehigh River and Lehigh Valley, and after 1818, the Lehigh Canal connecting communities serviced by the road
Susquehanna and Tioga Turnpike
Susquehanna_and_Tioga_Turnpike
County in Pennsylvania, United States
including the Delaware and Hudson, the Lehigh, the Chesapeake and Ohio, Delaware and Raritan, and Morris canals. The originators of the project did not
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Schuylkill_County,_Pennsylvania
Turnpike or Susquehanna & Lehigh Turnpike (1804–1840s), also mentioned often as the Lehigh–Susquehanna Turnpike (or Lehigh & Susquehanna Turnpike) and
Lausanne–Nescopeck_Turnpike
Historic cemetery in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, US
(Downloading may be slow.) "Slate Hill Burying Ground (Cemetery)". Delaware and Lehigh Canal National Heritage Corridor. National Park Service. Archived from the
Slate_Hill_Cemetery
Mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America
Bear Mountain, in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania several miles above the Lehigh Gap, is a steep-sided east bank ridgeline running about 9.96 miles (16
Bear Mountain (Carbon County, Pennsylvania)
Bear_Mountain_(Carbon_County,_Pennsylvania)
River in Pennsylvania, US
an easier route than up and over the mountains to Jim Thorpe and the Lehigh Canal via Summit Hill and the Mauch Chunk & Summit Hill Railway, North America's
Panther Creek (Little Schuylkill River tributary)
Panther_Creek_(Little_Schuylkill_River_tributary)
"National Park Service, Lehigh Canal". Archived from the original on 2015-10-31. Retrieved 2015-11-01. "History of Lehigh County Prison". Archived from
List of historic places in Allentown, Pennsylvania
List_of_historic_places_in_Allentown,_Pennsylvania
Settlement in Pennsylvania, United States
Pennsylvania was a small settlement at the mouth of Nesquehoning Creek on the Lehigh River. Some historic references will mention the presence of a Landing Tavern
Lausanne Landing, Pennsylvania
Lausanne_Landing,_Pennsylvania
American painter (1892–1972)
Sesquicentennial Exposition. Lehigh Canal (c.1924-25), Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania. Canal at Goat Hill (1925)
John_Fulton_Folinsbee
Defunct Pennsylvania railroad
1872. The tunnel also allowed the LC&N to cease coal shipments to the Lehigh Canal on the Summit Hill & Mauch Chunk Railroad, operating since 1827. Eventually
Panther_Creek_Railroad
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Michael (1989). Delaware and Lehigh Canals (First ed.). Oak Printing Company, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: Center for Canal History and Technology, Hugh Moore
Brownsville,_Pennsylvania
Rail yard in Pennsylvania, United States
on the Wyoming Valley-Lehigh-Delaware route, which was dominated by Lehigh Canal from White Haven down river to Easton. LVRR initially connected at Mauch
Duryea_Yard
Carbon County Section of the Lehigh Canal
National Register of Historic Places listings in Carbon County, Pennsylvania
National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Carbon_County,_Pennsylvania
LEHIGH CANAL
LEHIGH CANAL
Boy/Male
Hindu
Written
Male
Scottish
Scottish surname transferred to forename use, derived from the name of a river of Celtic origin, LEITH means "flowing water."
Boy/Male
Indian, Telugu
Rich Powerful
Boy/Male
Hindu
Red, Made of copper, Mars, Lord
Girl/Female
English American
Meadow or wood. Shelter. Surname or given name.
Girl/Female
American, Australian
Form of Leigh or Leah
Surname or Lastname
English (Midlands)
English (Midlands) : variant of Sly.Scottish : either of English origin, as in 1, or a habitational name from a place such as Sliach in Glengairn, Sleach in Strathdon, Slioch in Drumblade, Sleich in former Perthshire, or Slioch in former Ross-shire.
Girl/Female
Biblical
Made of boards.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Telugu
Always Smiling
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, English, Gaelic, German, Irish, Jamaican
Dweller Near the Wood or Clearing; From the Heather Meadow; Pasture; Meadow; Fair-haired Courageous One; Meadow of the Bulls
Boy/Male
Bengali, Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu
Lord Shiva; Beautiful
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit, Telugu
Intelligent
Boy/Male
Celtic American English
Healer.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Iranian, Muslim, Parsi
Name of a Stone
Girl/Female
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Chinese, English, Hebrew, Jamaican
Dweller Near the Wood or Clearing; Pasture; Meadow; Clearing; Field; Weary
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Written; Beautiful Writing
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the numerous places (in at least sixteen counties, but especially Leigh in Lancashire) named either with the nominative case of Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’ (see Lee) or with lēage, a late dative form of this word (see Lye).
Girl/Female
Biblical
The Lord liveth.
Male
English
Variant spelling of English unisex Lee, LEIGH means "meadow."Â
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Sindhi
Narrator of Hadith
LEHIGH CANAL
LEHIGH CANAL
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imp.
of Behight
v. t.
To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up; as, to weigh anchor.
superl.
Acute or sharp; -- opposed to grave or low; as, a high note.
a.
High as the breast.
adv.
On high.
superl.
Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or superior degree; as, high (i. e., intense) heat; high (i. e., full or quite) noon; high (i. e., rich or spicy) seasoning; high (i. e., complete) pleasure; high (i. e., deep or vivid) color; high (i. e., extensive, thorough) scholarship, etc.
adv.
In a high manner; in a high place; to a great altitude; to a great degree; largely; in a superior manner; eminently; powerfully.
adv. & a.
Very high.
v. t.
To examine by the balance; to ascertain the weight of, that is, the force with which a thing tends to the center of the earth; to determine the heaviness, or quantity of matter of; as, to weigh sugar; to weigh gold.
n.
People of rank or high station; as, high and low.
p. p.
of Behight
a.
Strung to a high pitch; spirited; sensitive; as, a high-strung horse.
a.
Elevated; high-principled; honorable.
superl.
Costly; dear in price; extravagant; as, to hold goods at a high price.
superl.
Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures do not cook game before it is high.
n.
A corruption of Way, used only in the phrase under weigh.
pl.
of Weigh-house
n.
High-priesthood.
superl.
Of noble birth; illustrious; as, of high family.
superl.
Of great strength, force, importance, and the like; strong; mighty; powerful; violent; sometimes, triumphant; victorious; majestic, etc.; as, a high wind; high passions.