high-setadj.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xxxix. 28 In stones he dwellith, and in heȝe sett scarri flintis [L. praeruptis silicibus] he bideth.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. cclxxxv^v/1 xv stappes or grees to ascende vp, to the Temple, by cause the Temple was hyghe set.

1669 J. G. tr. M. de Vulson Court of Curiositie 186 His eyes large, high-set, casting a lustre.

1696 W. Hope tr. J. de Solleysel Compl. Horseman i. ii. 10 Some Horses have it [sc. the tail] too high set, which maketh their buttocks appear poynted, and of the shape of a plum, which is very unbecomeing.

1762 A. Dickson Treat. Agric. ii. v. 174 If the wrist [of the plough] is high set, the earth of the furrow will not touch the hinder part of the mold-board.

1886 Peterson's Mag. May 466/2 A toque..with a high-set crown and a double reversed brim.

1920 C. E. Bishop Flame of Forest 22 It was a simple white-washed edifice, with plain, greenish tinted, rather high set windows.

1955 Pop. Mech. July 174/2 An extension holder for matches proves useful..when lighting overhead candles and high-set sconces.

2004 Vanity Fair Sept. 266/2 Its headlights, high-set and slitty, were angled toward each other like a pair of accent marks.

1597 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 1st 3 Bks. i. iii. 7 He vaunts his voyce vpon an hyred stage, With high-set steps, and princely carriage.

1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles iii. sig. F2^v If she be amorous, are not you ielous? If she be high set, are not you taken downe?

a1625 Love's Pilgrimage in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Wks. (1701) VII. iii. iii. 60 Among so many high set Bloods there should be A Woman.

1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. 54 What a penance must it be to his Spiritual and high-set Ear.

1775 M. S. Cooper Hist. Fanny Meadows II. lx. 117 Our Bliss was too high set for the feeble Chords of Mortality to support.

1784 R. Bage Barham Downs I. 54 Mr. and Mrs. Hunt seemed at present too high set for the dull conversation of business.

1804 Gleaner 1 194 Behold him in the raptures of those pure, those high set pleasures.

1837 Church of Eng. Mag. 25 Mar. 189/2 Thus we are most humbled when our desires are most high-set.

1883 Pop. Sci. Monthly Nov. 141/1 His frame was bent under the burden of years and labors, but his spirit was high-set.

1983 P. Riley Tracks & Mineshafts 49 And all the high set objectives We read of in the whiteshell annals Are the dense centre of naught.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 395 We should fling away an harpe too high set.

1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xix. 1 Thy high-set song.

1773 Ld. Monboddo Of Origin & Progress of Lang. I. iii. iii. 473 The tunes which the birds sing are very high set.

1894 D. Baptie Musical Scotl. 92 His sweet, mellow, high-set voice enabled him to take the highest part in many of the fine old English glees.

1908 W. C. Piercey Illustr. Bible Dict. 721/2 As a musical term, [ʻalāmôth] might denote either female or soprano voices or high-set instruments.

2009 J. Welch Choir Man ii. 29 Uncle Lloyd was a very large, very round man with a high-set voice.