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Entry 7 senses Webster, 1913

Height

/(hīt)/ · IPA /haɪt/
01 n. The condition of being high; elevated position.
  1. 1.
    The condition of being high; elevated position.
    “Behold the height of the stars, how high they are!” — Job xxii. 12.
  2. 2.
    The distance to which anything rises above its foot, above that on which in stands, above the earth, or above the level of the sea; altitude; the measure upward from a surface, as the floor or the ground, of an animal, especially of a man; stature.
    “[Goliath's] height was six cubits and a span.” — 1 Sam. xvii. 4.
  3. 3.
    Degree of latitude either north or south.[Obs.]
    “Guinea lieth to the north sea, in the same height as Peru to the south.” — Abp. Abbot.
  4. 4.
    That which is elevated; an eminence; a hill or mountain; as, Alpine heights.
  5. 5.
    Elevation in excellence of any kind, as in power, learning, arts; also, an advanced degree of social rank; preëminence or distinction in society; prominence.
    “Measure your mind's height by the shade it casts.” — R. Browning.
    “All would in his power hold, all make his subjects.” — Chapman.
  6. 6.
    Progress toward eminence; grade; degree.
    “Social duties are carried to greater heights, and enforced with stronger motives by the principles of our religion.” — Addison.
  7. 7.
    Utmost degree in extent; extreme limit of energy or condition; as, the height of a fever, of passion, of madness, of folly; the height of a tempest.
    “My grief was at the height before thou camest.” — Shak.
    “[He] spake these same words, all on hight.” — Chaucer.