51 Metaphors for height

Reaching out, once more, for the strong protective fibres that had so blessed me, I wandered forth with it into the land whose mural heights are onychites and mocha-stones of mossy mystery.

Beside the bunk, and exactly the same height from the floor with its ragged strip of old matting was a box, in use as a table, covered with black oilcloth.

The height of the double bottom between the outer and inner skin plating is ft.

Height, 2 ft. Ligustrum (Privet).L. Ovalifolium is a handsome hardy evergreen, of very rapid growth, and one of the best ornamental hedge plants in cultivation, especially for towns or smoky situations.

Nor is it pride that striveth so: The height of the Divine Is to be lowly 'mid the low; No towering clouda mine; A mine of wealth and warmth and song, An ever-open door; For when divinely born ere long, A woman thou the more.

The whole width is within ten feet of that of Cologne, and the height about the same; and yet, in appearance, the height is about half, and the breadth less than half, owing to the better proportion of the parts and to the superior appropriateness in the details on the part of the German cathedral."

His height was an inch and a half above six feet, but by reason of his slim figure, he looked somewhat taller.

The height of virtue is filial piety; for this is connected indissolubly with loyalty to the sovereign, who is the father of his people and the preserver of the State.

Height 9700, must be high barometer.

Height, 1 ft. Briza (Quaking Grass).There are several varieties of this ornamental hardy annual grass.

Height, 6 ft. Gynerium (Pampas Grass).This unquestionably is the grandest of all grasses, and is sufficiently hardy to endure most of our winters.

The volcano, so far as I know, has never been ascended, and its reported height, 16,500 feet, is probably the approximative estimate of some Russian officer.

Height, 5 ft. Rhodanthe (Swan River Everlasting).These beautiful everlasting flowers are half-hardy annuals and are suitable for beds or ribbons, and make most graceful plants for pot culture, placing four plants in a 5-in.

In the same way, the great height of the vines may be the cause of the grapes being so small and bad.

These heights are a desirable retreat, for less picturesque reasonsas an escape from a compound of vile smells perpetually arising from a great harbor full of stagnant water, and befouled by the refuse of innumerable ships with all sorts of cargoes, which, in hot weather, is dreadful in the last degree.

Height, 6 ft. to 8 ft. C. Rupestris is a small-leaved, prostrate perennial species, bearing white flowers from May to August, followed by red berries.

The answering height to the right is lordly Golden Cap.

According to my own barometrical reading, the height of the summit above the level of the sea was twenty-three hundred and seventy-four meters, or eighty-five hundred and fifty-nine Spanish feet.

The morning was dull and cloudy, thermometer 59 degrees; on the previous day its greatest height had been 85 degrees.

Height, 12 ft. to 15 ft. H. Arborea is a curious small tree, producing brownish-yellow flowers in mid-winter.

Height, 2 ft. Salsafy (Vegetable Oyster).Sow the seed in any good garden soildeep sandy loam is besttowards the end of April in drills 1 ft. apart, and thin the plants out to a distance of 6 in.

Their greatest height is not more than two miles.

The heights must have been the hills to the south of Canterbury, nearly a day's march from the sea.

The height of this from the ground was twenty-five fathoms, and the distance from the castle to the steeple some two hundred and fifty paces.

"About ten times ten the height of a man there is a roof above the world of rockand very, very smooth." ...

51 Metaphors for  height