'High low jack and the game' definitions:

Definition of 'High low jack and the game'

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  • High \High\, n.
  • 1. An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. People of rank or high station; as, high and low. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Card Playing) The highest card dealt or drawn. [1913 Webster]
  • High, low, jack, and the game, a game at cards; -- also called all fours, old sledge, and seven up.
  • In high and low, utterly; completely; in every respect. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  • On high, aloft; above. [1913 Webster]
  • The dayspring from on high hath visited us. --Luke i. 78.
  • The Most High, the Supreme Being; God. [1913 Webster]