| slovo | definícia |
heath
(encz) | heath,pláň Zdeněk Brož |
heath
(encz) | heath,vřes n: Zdeněk Brož |
heath
(encz) | heath,vřesoviště Zdeněk Brož |
Heath
(gcide) | Heath \Heath\ (h[=e]th), n. [OE. heth waste land, the plant
heath, AS. h[=ae][eth]; akin to D. & G. heide, Icel.
hei[eth]r waste land, Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. hai[thorn]i
field, L. bucetum a cow pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr.
ksh[=e]tra field. [root]20.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A low shrub (Erica vulgaris or Calluna vulgaris),
with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of
pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms,
thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It
is also called heather, and ling.
(b) Also, any species of the genus Erica, of which
several are European, and many more are South African,
some of great beauty. See Illust. of Heather.
[1913 Webster]
2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of
country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.
[1913 Webster]
Their stately growth, though bare,
Stands on the blasted heath. --Milton
[1913 Webster]
Heath cock (Zool.), the blackcock. See Heath grouse
(below).
Heath grass (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus
Triodia (Triodia decumbens), growing on dry heaths.
Heath grouse, or Heath game (Zool.), a European grouse
(Tetrao tetrix), which inhabits heaths; -- called also
black game, black grouse, heath poult, heath fowl,
moor fowl. The male is called heath cock, and
blackcock; the female, heath hen, and gray hen.
Heath hen. (Zool.) See Heath grouse (above).
Heath pea (Bot.), a species of bitter vetch ({Lathyrus
macrorhizus}), the tubers of which are eaten, and in
Scotland are used to flavor whisky.
Heath throstle (Zool.), a European thrush which frequents
heaths; the ring ouzel.
[1913 Webster] |
heath
(wn) | heath
n 1: a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small
bell-shaped pink or purple flowers
2: a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil
and scrubby vegetation [syn: heath, heathland] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
sheath
(mass) | sheath
- pošva |
common heath
(encz) | common heath, n: |
cranberry heath
(encz) | cranberry heath, n: |
cross-leaved heath
(encz) | cross-leaved heath, n: |
false heather
(encz) | false heather, n: |
fine-leaved heath
(encz) | fine-leaved heath, n: |
golden heather
(encz) | golden heather, n: |
heath
(encz) | heath,pláň Zdeněk Brožheath,vřes n: Zdeněk Brožheath,vřesoviště Zdeněk Brož |
heath aster
(encz) | heath aster, n: |
heath family
(encz) | heath family, n: |
heath hen
(encz) | heath hen, n: |
heath kit
(encz) | Heath kit, |
heath pea
(encz) | heath pea, n: |
heath violet
(encz) | heath violet, n: |
heathen
(encz) | heathen,divoch n: Zdeněk Brožheathen,pohan n: Zdeněk Brož |
heathendom
(encz) | heathendom,pohanstvo Zdeněk Brož |
heathenish
(encz) | heathenish,pohanský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
heathenism
(encz) | heathenism,pohanství n: Zdeněk Brož |
heather
(encz) | heather,vřes n: Zdeněk Brožheather,vřesovec n: Zdeněk Brož |
heather bell
(encz) | heather bell, n: |
heather mixture
(encz) | heather mixture, n: |
heathery
(encz) | heathery,vřesový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
heathfowl
(encz) | heathfowl, n: |
heathland
(encz) | heathland,vřesoviště Zdeněk Brož |
heathlike
(encz) | heathlike, adj: |
heathman
(encz) | Heathman,Heathman n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
medullary sheath
(encz) | medullary sheath, n: |
mountain heath
(encz) | mountain heath, n: |
myelin sheath
(encz) | myelin sheath, n: |
purple heather
(encz) | purple heather, n: |
sheath
(encz) | sheath,kondom n: [brit.] Zdeněk Brožsheath,pochva n: pouzdro na zbraň Zdeněk Brožsheath,pochva na nůž n: Zdeněk Brož |
sheath knife
(encz) | sheath knife,dýka n: Zdeněk Brož |
sheath pile
(encz) | sheath pile, n: |
sheathe
(encz) | sheathe,zasunout do pouzdra n: Zdeněk Brož |
sheathed
(encz) | sheathed,opouzdřený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sheathing
(encz) | sheathing,obložení n: Zdeněk Brožsheathing,oplášťování n: Zdeněk Brožsheathing,oplechování n: Zdeněk Brožsheathing,potažení n: Zdeněk Brož |
spike heath
(encz) | spike heath, n: |
spring heath
(encz) | spring heath, n: |
tree heath
(encz) | tree heath, n: |
true heath
(encz) | true heath, n: |
unsheathe
(encz) | unsheathe,vytasit v: Zdeněk Brožunsheathe,vytasit meč Zdeněk Brož |
unsheathed
(encz) | unsheathed, |
white heather
(encz) | white heather, n: |
winter heath
(encz) | winter heath, n: |
heathman
(czen) | Heathman,Heathmann: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Dissheathe
(gcide) | Dissheathe \Dis*sheathe"\, v. i.
To become unsheathed. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh.
[1913 Webster] |
Heath cock
(gcide) | Heath \Heath\ (h[=e]th), n. [OE. heth waste land, the plant
heath, AS. h[=ae][eth]; akin to D. & G. heide, Icel.
hei[eth]r waste land, Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. hai[thorn]i
field, L. bucetum a cow pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr.
ksh[=e]tra field. [root]20.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A low shrub (Erica vulgaris or Calluna vulgaris),
with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of
pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms,
thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It
is also called heather, and ling.
(b) Also, any species of the genus Erica, of which
several are European, and many more are South African,
some of great beauty. See Illust. of Heather.
[1913 Webster]
2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of
country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.
[1913 Webster]
Their stately growth, though bare,
Stands on the blasted heath. --Milton
[1913 Webster]
Heath cock (Zool.), the blackcock. See Heath grouse
(below).
Heath grass (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus
Triodia (Triodia decumbens), growing on dry heaths.
Heath grouse, or Heath game (Zool.), a European grouse
(Tetrao tetrix), which inhabits heaths; -- called also
black game, black grouse, heath poult, heath fowl,
moor fowl. The male is called heath cock, and
blackcock; the female, heath hen, and gray hen.
Heath hen. (Zool.) See Heath grouse (above).
Heath pea (Bot.), a species of bitter vetch ({Lathyrus
macrorhizus}), the tubers of which are eaten, and in
Scotland are used to flavor whisky.
Heath throstle (Zool.), a European thrush which frequents
heaths; the ring ouzel.
[1913 Webster] |
heath cock
(gcide) | Heath \Heath\ (h[=e]th), n. [OE. heth waste land, the plant
heath, AS. h[=ae][eth]; akin to D. & G. heide, Icel.
hei[eth]r waste land, Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. hai[thorn]i
field, L. bucetum a cow pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr.
ksh[=e]tra field. [root]20.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A low shrub (Erica vulgaris or Calluna vulgaris),
with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of
pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms,
thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It
is also called heather, and ling.
(b) Also, any species of the genus Erica, of which
several are European, and many more are South African,
some of great beauty. See Illust. of Heather.
[1913 Webster]
2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of
country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.
[1913 Webster]
Their stately growth, though bare,
Stands on the blasted heath. --Milton
[1913 Webster]
Heath cock (Zool.), the blackcock. See Heath grouse
(below).
Heath grass (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus
Triodia (Triodia decumbens), growing on dry heaths.
Heath grouse, or Heath game (Zool.), a European grouse
(Tetrao tetrix), which inhabits heaths; -- called also
black game, black grouse, heath poult, heath fowl,
moor fowl. The male is called heath cock, and
blackcock; the female, heath hen, and gray hen.
Heath hen. (Zool.) See Heath grouse (above).
Heath pea (Bot.), a species of bitter vetch ({Lathyrus
macrorhizus}), the tubers of which are eaten, and in
Scotland are used to flavor whisky.
Heath throstle (Zool.), a European thrush which frequents
heaths; the ring ouzel.
[1913 Webster] |
heath fowl
(gcide) | Heath \Heath\ (h[=e]th), n. [OE. heth waste land, the plant
heath, AS. h[=ae][eth]; akin to D. & G. heide, Icel.
hei[eth]r waste land, Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. hai[thorn]i
field, L. bucetum a cow pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr.
ksh[=e]tra field. [root]20.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A low shrub (Erica vulgaris or Calluna vulgaris),
with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of
pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms,
thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It
is also called heather, and ling.
(b) Also, any species of the genus Erica, of which
several are European, and many more are South African,
some of great beauty. See Illust. of Heather.
[1913 Webster]
2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of
country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.
[1913 Webster]
Their stately growth, though bare,
Stands on the blasted heath. --Milton
[1913 Webster]
Heath cock (Zool.), the blackcock. See Heath grouse
(below).
Heath grass (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus
Triodia (Triodia decumbens), growing on dry heaths.
Heath grouse, or Heath game (Zool.), a European grouse
(Tetrao tetrix), which inhabits heaths; -- called also
black game, black grouse, heath poult, heath fowl,
moor fowl. The male is called heath cock, and
blackcock; the female, heath hen, and gray hen.
Heath hen. (Zool.) See Heath grouse (above).
Heath pea (Bot.), a species of bitter vetch ({Lathyrus
macrorhizus}), the tubers of which are eaten, and in
Scotland are used to flavor whisky.
Heath throstle (Zool.), a European thrush which frequents
heaths; the ring ouzel.
[1913 Webster]heathfowl \heathfowl\, heath fowl \heath fowl\n.
A large Northern European black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix
formerly Tetrao tetrix) with a lyre-shaped tail; it is also
called heath grouse, black game, black grouse, {heath
poult}, heath fowl, and moor fowl. See heath grouse
under heath, above.
Syn: European black grouse, Lyrurus tetrix.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Heath game
(gcide) | Heath \Heath\ (h[=e]th), n. [OE. heth waste land, the plant
heath, AS. h[=ae][eth]; akin to D. & G. heide, Icel.
hei[eth]r waste land, Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. hai[thorn]i
field, L. bucetum a cow pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr.
ksh[=e]tra field. [root]20.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A low shrub (Erica vulgaris or Calluna vulgaris),
with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of
pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms,
thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It
is also called heather, and ling.
(b) Also, any species of the genus Erica, of which
several are European, and many more are South African,
some of great beauty. See Illust. of Heather.
[1913 Webster]
2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of
country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.
[1913 Webster]
Their stately growth, though bare,
Stands on the blasted heath. --Milton
[1913 Webster]
Heath cock (Zool.), the blackcock. See Heath grouse
(below).
Heath grass (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus
Triodia (Triodia decumbens), growing on dry heaths.
Heath grouse, or Heath game (Zool.), a European grouse
(Tetrao tetrix), which inhabits heaths; -- called also
black game, black grouse, heath poult, heath fowl,
moor fowl. The male is called heath cock, and
blackcock; the female, heath hen, and gray hen.
Heath hen. (Zool.) See Heath grouse (above).
Heath pea (Bot.), a species of bitter vetch ({Lathyrus
macrorhizus}), the tubers of which are eaten, and in
Scotland are used to flavor whisky.
Heath throstle (Zool.), a European thrush which frequents
heaths; the ring ouzel.
[1913 Webster] |
Heath grass
(gcide) | Heath \Heath\ (h[=e]th), n. [OE. heth waste land, the plant
heath, AS. h[=ae][eth]; akin to D. & G. heide, Icel.
hei[eth]r waste land, Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. hai[thorn]i
field, L. bucetum a cow pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr.
ksh[=e]tra field. [root]20.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A low shrub (Erica vulgaris or Calluna vulgaris),
with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of
pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms,
thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It
is also called heather, and ling.
(b) Also, any species of the genus Erica, of which
several are European, and many more are South African,
some of great beauty. See Illust. of Heather.
[1913 Webster]
2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of
country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.
[1913 Webster]
Their stately growth, though bare,
Stands on the blasted heath. --Milton
[1913 Webster]
Heath cock (Zool.), the blackcock. See Heath grouse
(below).
Heath grass (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus
Triodia (Triodia decumbens), growing on dry heaths.
Heath grouse, or Heath game (Zool.), a European grouse
(Tetrao tetrix), which inhabits heaths; -- called also
black game, black grouse, heath poult, heath fowl,
moor fowl. The male is called heath cock, and
blackcock; the female, heath hen, and gray hen.
Heath hen. (Zool.) See Heath grouse (above).
Heath pea (Bot.), a species of bitter vetch ({Lathyrus
macrorhizus}), the tubers of which are eaten, and in
Scotland are used to flavor whisky.
Heath throstle (Zool.), a European thrush which frequents
heaths; the ring ouzel.
[1913 Webster] |
Heath grouse
(gcide) | Heath \Heath\ (h[=e]th), n. [OE. heth waste land, the plant
heath, AS. h[=ae][eth]; akin to D. & G. heide, Icel.
hei[eth]r waste land, Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. hai[thorn]i
field, L. bucetum a cow pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr.
ksh[=e]tra field. [root]20.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A low shrub (Erica vulgaris or Calluna vulgaris),
with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of
pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms,
thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It
is also called heather, and ling.
(b) Also, any species of the genus Erica, of which
several are European, and many more are South African,
some of great beauty. See Illust. of Heather.
[1913 Webster]
2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of
country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.
[1913 Webster]
Their stately growth, though bare,
Stands on the blasted heath. --Milton
[1913 Webster]
Heath cock (Zool.), the blackcock. See Heath grouse
(below).
Heath grass (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus
Triodia (Triodia decumbens), growing on dry heaths.
Heath grouse, or Heath game (Zool.), a European grouse
(Tetrao tetrix), which inhabits heaths; -- called also
black game, black grouse, heath poult, heath fowl,
moor fowl. The male is called heath cock, and
blackcock; the female, heath hen, and gray hen.
Heath hen. (Zool.) See Heath grouse (above).
Heath pea (Bot.), a species of bitter vetch ({Lathyrus
macrorhizus}), the tubers of which are eaten, and in
Scotland are used to flavor whisky.
Heath throstle (Zool.), a European thrush which frequents
heaths; the ring ouzel.
[1913 Webster]heathfowl \heathfowl\, heath fowl \heath fowl\n.
A large Northern European black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix
formerly Tetrao tetrix) with a lyre-shaped tail; it is also
called heath grouse, black game, black grouse, {heath
poult}, heath fowl, and moor fowl. See heath grouse
under heath, above.
Syn: European black grouse, Lyrurus tetrix.
[WordNet 1.5] |
heath grouse
(gcide) | Heath \Heath\ (h[=e]th), n. [OE. heth waste land, the plant
heath, AS. h[=ae][eth]; akin to D. & G. heide, Icel.
hei[eth]r waste land, Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. hai[thorn]i
field, L. bucetum a cow pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr.
ksh[=e]tra field. [root]20.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A low shrub (Erica vulgaris or Calluna vulgaris),
with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of
pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms,
thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It
is also called heather, and ling.
(b) Also, any species of the genus Erica, of which
several are European, and many more are South African,
some of great beauty. See Illust. of Heather.
[1913 Webster]
2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of
country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.
[1913 Webster]
Their stately growth, though bare,
Stands on the blasted heath. --Milton
[1913 Webster]
Heath cock (Zool.), the blackcock. See Heath grouse
(below).
Heath grass (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus
Triodia (Triodia decumbens), growing on dry heaths.
Heath grouse, or Heath game (Zool.), a European grouse
(Tetrao tetrix), which inhabits heaths; -- called also
black game, black grouse, heath poult, heath fowl,
moor fowl. The male is called heath cock, and
blackcock; the female, heath hen, and gray hen.
Heath hen. (Zool.) See Heath grouse (above).
Heath pea (Bot.), a species of bitter vetch ({Lathyrus
macrorhizus}), the tubers of which are eaten, and in
Scotland are used to flavor whisky.
Heath throstle (Zool.), a European thrush which frequents
heaths; the ring ouzel.
[1913 Webster]heathfowl \heathfowl\, heath fowl \heath fowl\n.
A large Northern European black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix
formerly Tetrao tetrix) with a lyre-shaped tail; it is also
called heath grouse, black game, black grouse, {heath
poult}, heath fowl, and moor fowl. See heath grouse
under heath, above.
Syn: European black grouse, Lyrurus tetrix.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Heath hen
(gcide) | Heath \Heath\ (h[=e]th), n. [OE. heth waste land, the plant
heath, AS. h[=ae][eth]; akin to D. & G. heide, Icel.
hei[eth]r waste land, Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. hai[thorn]i
field, L. bucetum a cow pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr.
ksh[=e]tra field. [root]20.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A low shrub (Erica vulgaris or Calluna vulgaris),
with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of
pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms,
thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It
is also called heather, and ling.
(b) Also, any species of the genus Erica, of which
several are European, and many more are South African,
some of great beauty. See Illust. of Heather.
[1913 Webster]
2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of
country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.
[1913 Webster]
Their stately growth, though bare,
Stands on the blasted heath. --Milton
[1913 Webster]
Heath cock (Zool.), the blackcock. See Heath grouse
(below).
Heath grass (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus
Triodia (Triodia decumbens), growing on dry heaths.
Heath grouse, or Heath game (Zool.), a European grouse
(Tetrao tetrix), which inhabits heaths; -- called also
black game, black grouse, heath poult, heath fowl,
moor fowl. The male is called heath cock, and
blackcock; the female, heath hen, and gray hen.
Heath hen. (Zool.) See Heath grouse (above).
Heath pea (Bot.), a species of bitter vetch ({Lathyrus
macrorhizus}), the tubers of which are eaten, and in
Scotland are used to flavor whisky.
Heath throstle (Zool.), a European thrush which frequents
heaths; the ring ouzel.
[1913 Webster] |
heath hen
(gcide) | Heath \Heath\ (h[=e]th), n. [OE. heth waste land, the plant
heath, AS. h[=ae][eth]; akin to D. & G. heide, Icel.
hei[eth]r waste land, Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. hai[thorn]i
field, L. bucetum a cow pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr.
ksh[=e]tra field. [root]20.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A low shrub (Erica vulgaris or Calluna vulgaris),
with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of
pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms,
thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It
is also called heather, and ling.
(b) Also, any species of the genus Erica, of which
several are European, and many more are South African,
some of great beauty. See Illust. of Heather.
[1913 Webster]
2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of
country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.
[1913 Webster]
Their stately growth, though bare,
Stands on the blasted heath. --Milton
[1913 Webster]
Heath cock (Zool.), the blackcock. See Heath grouse
(below).
Heath grass (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus
Triodia (Triodia decumbens), growing on dry heaths.
Heath grouse, or Heath game (Zool.), a European grouse
(Tetrao tetrix), which inhabits heaths; -- called also
black game, black grouse, heath poult, heath fowl,
moor fowl. The male is called heath cock, and
blackcock; the female, heath hen, and gray hen.
Heath hen. (Zool.) See Heath grouse (above).
Heath pea (Bot.), a species of bitter vetch ({Lathyrus
macrorhizus}), the tubers of which are eaten, and in
Scotland are used to flavor whisky.
Heath throstle (Zool.), a European thrush which frequents
heaths; the ring ouzel.
[1913 Webster] |
Heath pea
(gcide) | Heath \Heath\ (h[=e]th), n. [OE. heth waste land, the plant
heath, AS. h[=ae][eth]; akin to D. & G. heide, Icel.
hei[eth]r waste land, Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. hai[thorn]i
field, L. bucetum a cow pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr.
ksh[=e]tra field. [root]20.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A low shrub (Erica vulgaris or Calluna vulgaris),
with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of
pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms,
thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It
is also called heather, and ling.
(b) Also, any species of the genus Erica, of which
several are European, and many more are South African,
some of great beauty. See Illust. of Heather.
[1913 Webster]
2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of
country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.
[1913 Webster]
Their stately growth, though bare,
Stands on the blasted heath. --Milton
[1913 Webster]
Heath cock (Zool.), the blackcock. See Heath grouse
(below).
Heath grass (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus
Triodia (Triodia decumbens), growing on dry heaths.
Heath grouse, or Heath game (Zool.), a European grouse
(Tetrao tetrix), which inhabits heaths; -- called also
black game, black grouse, heath poult, heath fowl,
moor fowl. The male is called heath cock, and
blackcock; the female, heath hen, and gray hen.
Heath hen. (Zool.) See Heath grouse (above).
Heath pea (Bot.), a species of bitter vetch ({Lathyrus
macrorhizus}), the tubers of which are eaten, and in
Scotland are used to flavor whisky.
Heath throstle (Zool.), a European thrush which frequents
heaths; the ring ouzel.
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heath poult
(gcide) | Heath \Heath\ (h[=e]th), n. [OE. heth waste land, the plant
heath, AS. h[=ae][eth]; akin to D. & G. heide, Icel.
hei[eth]r waste land, Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. hai[thorn]i
field, L. bucetum a cow pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr.
ksh[=e]tra field. [root]20.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A low shrub (Erica vulgaris or Calluna vulgaris),
with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of
pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms,
thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It
is also called heather, and ling.
(b) Also, any species of the genus Erica, of which
several are European, and many more are South African,
some of great beauty. See Illust. of Heather.
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2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of
country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.
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Their stately growth, though bare,
Stands on the blasted heath. --Milton
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Heath cock (Zool.), the blackcock. See Heath grouse
(below).
Heath grass (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus
Triodia (Triodia decumbens), growing on dry heaths.
Heath grouse, or Heath game (Zool.), a European grouse
(Tetrao tetrix), which inhabits heaths; -- called also
black game, black grouse, heath poult, heath fowl,
moor fowl. The male is called heath cock, and
blackcock; the female, heath hen, and gray hen.
Heath hen. (Zool.) See Heath grouse (above).
Heath pea (Bot.), a species of bitter vetch ({Lathyrus
macrorhizus}), the tubers of which are eaten, and in
Scotland are used to flavor whisky.
Heath throstle (Zool.), a European thrush which frequents
heaths; the ring ouzel.
[1913 Webster]heathfowl \heathfowl\, heath fowl \heath fowl\n.
A large Northern European black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix
formerly Tetrao tetrix) with a lyre-shaped tail; it is also
called heath grouse, black game, black grouse, {heath
poult}, heath fowl, and moor fowl. See heath grouse
under heath, above.
Syn: European black grouse, Lyrurus tetrix.
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Heath throstle
(gcide) | Heath \Heath\ (h[=e]th), n. [OE. heth waste land, the plant
heath, AS. h[=ae][eth]; akin to D. & G. heide, Icel.
hei[eth]r waste land, Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. hai[thorn]i
field, L. bucetum a cow pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr.
ksh[=e]tra field. [root]20.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A low shrub (Erica vulgaris or Calluna vulgaris),
with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of
pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms,
thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It
is also called heather, and ling.
(b) Also, any species of the genus Erica, of which
several are European, and many more are South African,
some of great beauty. See Illust. of Heather.
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2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of
country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.
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Their stately growth, though bare,
Stands on the blasted heath. --Milton
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Heath cock (Zool.), the blackcock. See Heath grouse
(below).
Heath grass (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus
Triodia (Triodia decumbens), growing on dry heaths.
Heath grouse, or Heath game (Zool.), a European grouse
(Tetrao tetrix), which inhabits heaths; -- called also
black game, black grouse, heath poult, heath fowl,
moor fowl. The male is called heath cock, and
blackcock; the female, heath hen, and gray hen.
Heath hen. (Zool.) See Heath grouse (above).
Heath pea (Bot.), a species of bitter vetch ({Lathyrus
macrorhizus}), the tubers of which are eaten, and in
Scotland are used to flavor whisky.
Heath throstle (Zool.), a European thrush which frequents
heaths; the ring ouzel.
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Heathclad
(gcide) | Heathclad \Heath"clad`\ (-kl[a^]d`), a.
Clad or crowned with heath.
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Heathen
(gcide) | Heathen \Hea"then\ (h[=e]"[th]'n), a.
1. Gentile; pagan; as, a heathen author. "The heathen
philosopher." "All in gold, like heathen gods." --Shak.
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2. Barbarous; unenlightened; heathenish.
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3. Irreligious; scoffing.
[1913 Webster]Heathen \Hea"then\ (h[=e]"[th]'n; 277), n.; pl. Heathens
(-[th]'nz) or collectively Heathen. [OE. hethen, AS.
h[=ae][eth]en, prop. an adj. fr. h[=ae][eth] heath, and
orig., therefore, one who lives in the country or on the
heaths and in the woods (cf. pagan, fr. pagus village); akin
to OS. h[=e][eth]in, adj., D. heiden a heathen, G. heide,
OHG. heidan, Icel. hei[eth]inn, adj., Sw. heden, Goth.
hai[thorn]n[=o], n. fem. See Heath, and cf. Hoiden.]
1. An individual of the pagan or unbelieving nations, or
those which worship idols and do not acknowledge the true
God; a pagan; an idolater.
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2. An irreligious person.
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If it is no more than a moral discourse, he may
preach it and they may hear it, and yet both
continue unconverted heathens. --V. Knox.
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The heathen, as the term is used in the Scriptures, all
people except the Jews; now used of all people except
Christians, Jews, and Mohammedans.
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Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for
thine inheritance. --Ps. ii. 8.
Syn: Pagan; gentile. See Pagan.
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Heathendom
(gcide) | Heathendom \Hea"then*dom\ (-d[u^]m), n. [AS.
h[=ae][eth]end[=o]m.]
1. That part of the world where heathenism prevails; the
heathen nations, considered collectively.
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2. Heathenism. --C. Kingsley.
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Heathenesse
(gcide) | Heathenesse \Hea"then*esse\ (-[e^]s), n. [AS. h[=ae][eth]ennes,
i. e., heathenness.]
Heathendom. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Sir W. Scott.
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Heathenish
(gcide) | Heathenish \Hea"then*ish\, a. [AS. h[=ae][eth]enisc.]
1. Of or pertaining to the heathen; resembling or
characteristic of heathens. "Worse than heathenish
crimes." --Milton.
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2. Rude; uncivilized; savage; cruel. --South.
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3. Irreligious; as, a heathenish way of living.
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Heathenishly
(gcide) | Heathenishly \Hea"then*ish*ly\, adv.
In a heathenish manner.
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Heathenishness
(gcide) | Heathenishness \Hea"then*ish*ness\, n.
The state or quality of being heathenish. "The . . .
heathenishness and profaneness of most playbooks." --Prynne.
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Heathenism
(gcide) | Heathenism \Hea"then*ism\ (-[i^]z'm), n.
1. The religious system or rites of a heathen nation;
idolatry; paganism.
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2. The manners or morals usually prevalent in a heathen
country; ignorance; rudeness; barbarism.
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