tall as a maypole, tall as a poplar, tall as a steeple, lanky &c.
(thin) 203. 
     Adv. on high, high up, aloft, up, above, aloof, overhead;
airwind[obs3]; upstairs, abovestairs[obs3]; in the clouds; on tiptoe, on stilts, on the shoulders of; over head and ears; breast high.
     over, upwards; from top to bottom &c. (completely) 52. 
     Phr. e meglio cader dalle finistre che dal tetto[It].

     #207.  Lowness. —­ N. lowness &c. adj.; debasement, depression,
prostration &c. (horizontal) 213; depression &c. (concave) 252.
     molehill; lowlands; basement floor, ground floor; rez de chaussee[Fr];
cellar; hold, bilge; feet, heels.
     low water; low tide, ebb tide, neap tide, spring tide. 
     V. be low &c. adj.; lie low, lie flat; underlie; crouch, slouch,
wallow, grovel; lower &c. (depress) 308. 
     Adj. low, neap, debased; nether, nether most; flat, level with the
ground; lying low &c. v.; crouched, subjacent, squat, prostrate &c. (horizontal) 213. 
     Adv. under; beneath, underneath; below; downwards; adown[obs3], at the
foot of; under foot, under ground; down stairs, below stairs; at a low ebb; below par.

     #208.  Depth. —­ N. depth; deepness &c. adj.; profundity, depression
&c. (concavity) 252.
     hollow, pit, shaft, well, crater; gulf &c. 198; bowels of the earth,
bottomless pit[obs3], hell.
     soundings, depth of water, water, draught, submersion; plummet, sound,
probe; sounding rod, sounding line; lead.
     bathymetry.
     [instrument to measure depth] sonar, side-looking sonar;
bathometer[obs3]. 
     V. be deep &c. adj.; render deep &c. adj.; deepen.
     plunge &c. 310; sound, fathom, plumb, cast the lead, heave the lead,
take soundings, make soundings; dig &c. (excavate) 252. 
     Adj. deep, deep seated; profound, sunk, buried; submerged &c. 310;
subaqueous, submarine, subterranean, subterraneous, subterrene[obs3]; underground.
     bottomless, soundless, fathomless; unfathomed, unfathomable; abysmal;
deep as a well; bathycolpian[obs3]; benthal[obs3], benthopelagic[obs3]; downreaching[obs3], yawning.
     knee deep, ankle deep. 
     Adv. beyond one’s depth, out of one’s depth; over head and ears; mark
twine, mark twain.

     #209.  Shallowness. —­ N. shallowness &c. adj.; shoals; mere scratch. 
     Adj. shallow, slight, superficial; skin deep, ankle deep, knee deep;
just enough to wet one’s feet; shoal, shoaly[obs3].

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     #210.  Summit. —­ N. summit, summity|; top, peak, vertex, apex, zenith,
pinnacle, acme, culmination, meridian, utmost height, ne plus utra, height, pitch, maximum, climax, culminating point, crowning point, turning point; turn of the tide, fountain head; water shed, water parting; sky, pole.
     tip, tip top; crest, crow’s nest, cap, truck, nib; end &c. 67; crown,