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Webster 1913 Edition


High-wrought

High′-wroughtˊ

,
Adj.
1.
Wrought with fine art or skill; elaborate.
[Obs.]
Pope.
2.
Worked up, or swollen, to a high degree;
as, a
highwrought
passion
.
“A high-wrought flood.”
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


High-wrought

HIGH-WROUGHT

,
Adj.
Wrought with exquisite art or skill; accurately finished.
1.
Inflamed to a high degree; as high-wrought passion.