Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having two rolls, one over the other, as distinguished from three-high: said of rolling-mills for iron or other metals. See roll, n.

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Examples

  • Sitting back in a two-high safety formation with responsibility for half the field, Landry watched it unfold again with just more than 12 minutes remaining in overtime.

    LaRon Landry epitomizes the Redskins' new defensive style with an interception and forced fumble in a 16-13 win over the Packers Paul Tenorio 2010

  • Currently I have the tank on a long board, supported by two-high stacks of mousepads 3 and I should free up the four under the scorpion tank by replacing them with hopefully better vibrational isolation.

    the state of the scorpion address badger 2004

  • Behind a two-high pallet of fifty-five-gallon drums of liquid soap, the concrete wall was broken in.

    City of Bones Connelly, Michael, 1956- 2002

  • Jefferson's boats and launches were stored in the aft end of the hangar bay, close by the passageway leading to the fantail, stacked two-high on spidery wheeled cradles, and the way through was a narrow one.

    Carrie Douglass, Keith 1991

  • It vanished even as I looked, but not before I had seen two-high black lines of Mephistophelian eyebrows and eyes regarding us with burning hatred!

    Adventure of the Limping Man Derleth, August 1945

  • The action on the two-high profile issues came on a chaotic day during which lawmakers scrambled to complete work on dozens of bills before the legislature's midnight adjournment.

    The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - washingtonpost.com 2011

  • Twenty minutes outside Kansas City, the quiet, two-high school town of Blue Springs has developed into a hotbed of prep football talent.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2011

  • Instead of having to decide whether two-high, four-high or four-low is best for the current trail conditions, owners will simply have to select from an easy to use console mounted knob.

    Autoblog Zach Bowman 2010

  • From January 2010, at least two-high profile cases have been linked to the Chhota Rajan gang.

    The Times of India 2010

  • The reclusive North has hosted two-high profile envoys in the past week -- one from China and the other a top U.N. political officer, Lynn Pascoe, who is scheduled to leave Pyongyang on Friday.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

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