A Scottish or archaic variant of 'height'; the distance from bottom to top, or a high place or elevated position.
From Old English 'hīehðu' or 'hēahthu,' related to 'high.' Scottish English preserved older pronunciations and spellings as standard English evolved.
Scottish dialects kept pronunciation patterns that sounded old-fashioned to English speakers, which is why 'hicht' survived in Scotland while England moved toward 'height'—dialects are linguistic time capsules.
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