▪ I. † haut, a. and n. Obs.
Also 6 haute, 7 hault: see also haught.
[a. F. haut, haute high, height, in OF. halt, 14–16th c. hault:—L. altum high, the initial h in OFr. being due to the influence of Ger. hoh, hoch high. In English changed in end of 16th c. to haught, after native words in -aught.]
A. adj. High, lofty, haughty: see haught.
| 1430–1648 [see haught]. |
B. n. Height; a height.
| 1502 Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W. 1506) i. iii. 31 The souerayne hautes of heuen. 1686 Goad Celest. Bodies i. iii. 9 The Difference arises from the difformity of the parts of the Earth amongst themselves, of Hault or Bate. |
▪ II. † haut, v. Obs.
Also 5 hawte.
[f. prec.]
trans. To raise, elevate, exalt.
| ? a 1400 Arthur 113 He daunted þe proude & hawted þe poure. c 1490 Promp. Parv. 230/2 (MS. K.) Hawtyn..(Pynson hawten or heithyn vp), exalto, elevo. 1583 Stanyhurst æneis i. (Arb.) 23 Chiefe stags vpbearing croches high from the antlier hauted. |