Defn: Native sulphide of manganese a reddish brown or brownish black mineral.
HAUGH
Haugh, n. Etym: [See Haw a hedge.]
Defn: A low-lying meadow by the side of a river. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
On a haugh or level plain, near to a royal borough. Sir W. Scott.
HAUGHT
Haught, a. Etym: [See Haughty.]
Defn: High; elevated; hence, haughty; proud. [Obs.] Shak.
HAUGHTILY
Haugh"ti*ly, adv. Etym: [From Haughty.]
Defn: In a haughty manner; arrogantly.
HAUGHTINESS
Haugh"ti*ness, n. Etym: [For hauteinness. See Haughty.]
Defn: The quality of being haughty; disdain; arrogance.
Syn. — Arrogance; disdain; contemptuousness; superciliousness; loftiness. — Haughtiness, Arrogance, Disdain. Haughtiness denotes the expression of conscious and proud superiority; arrogance is a disposition to claim for one's self more than is justly due, and enforce it to the utmost; disdain in the exact reverse of condescension toward inferiors, since it expresses and desires others to feel how far below ourselves we consider them. A person is haughty in disposition and demeanor; arrogant in his claims of homage and deference; disdainful even in accepting the deference which his haughtiness leads him arrogantly to exact.