"heighth" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /haɪθ/, /haɪtθ/ Forms: heighths [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪθ, -aɪtθ Etymology: From Old English hēahþu, hēhþu, hīehþu, equivalent to high + -th. Cognate with Dutch hoogte (“height”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|hēahþu}} Old English hēahþu, {{m|ang|hēhþu}} hēhþu, {{m|ang|hīehþu}} hīehþu, {{suffix|en|high|th}} high + -th, {{cog|nl|hoogte||height}} Dutch hoogte (“height”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} heighth (plural heighths)
  1. (obsolete outside US dialects, now proscribed) Alternative form of height Tags: alt-of, alternative, proscribed Alternative form of: height
    Sense id: en-heighth-en-noun-O~~BqsvS Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -th

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