Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of a variety of hardy beef cattle developed in the Scottish Highlands and having long horns and a shaggy coat.

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  • adjective relating to the Highlands.

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Examples

  • The change in the feeling with which the Lowlanders regarded the highland scenery was closely connected with a change not less remarkable in the feeling with which they regarded the Highland race.

    The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829

  • HIGHLAND Company admits tax crime • Chevron Commercial Inc. of Highland pleaded guilty

    STLtoday.com Top News Headlines 2010

  • HIGHLAND Company admits tax crime • Chevron Commercial Inc. of Highland pleaded guilty

    STLtoday.com Top News Headlines 2010

  • HIGHLAND, Utah (ABC 4 News) - A grease fire burned down a home in Highland Friday afternoon.

    ABC 4: Top Stories 2009

  • HIGHLAND, Utah (ABC 4 News) - A grease fire got out of control, gutting a home in Highland.

    ABC 4: Top Stories 2009

  • HIGHLAND - Though the scoreboard might not show it, Highland continued to show it is on its way back to being competitive in the Northwest Crossroads Conference against tough Andrean as the 59ers dominated the second half and won 28-0.

    unknown title 2009

  • HIGHLAND - The shell of a burnt-out home still stands on 6800 West in Highland, framing the mountain view with jagged black pieces of fire-damaged wood.

    deseretnews.com - Utah 2009

  • Baptiste and Carteret sang the dialect songs of the wilderness; Duncan Forbes amused us with what he called a Highland fling, and Pemecan, to the accompaniment of outlandish chanting, danced an Indian war-dance.

    The Cryptogram A Story of Northwest Canada William Murray Graydon 1905

  • The one word that springs to mind when you take a glance at the gorgeous Princeton Residence in Highland Park, Texas, is ‘grace’.

    N85 Residence in New Delhi 2009

  • Ah, Pedro, mi amigo; Dawg was unaware that you were acquainted with the Jovel Valley in Highland Chiapas at 7,000 feet.

    About Ajijic, food, music, people, and the "social life" 2009

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