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| 3 results for Heath' | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Heath \Heath\, n. [OE. heth waste land, the plant heath, AS. h[?][?]; akin to D. & G. heide, Icel. hei[?]r waste land, Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. haipi field, L. bucetum a cow pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr. ksh[?]tra field. [root]20.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A low shrub ({Erica, [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}. 2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage. Their stately growth, though bare, Stands on the blasted heath. --Milton {Heath cock} (Zo[94]l.), the blackcock. See {Heath grouse} (below). {Heath grass} (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus {Triodia} ({T. decumbens}), growing on dry heaths. {Heath grouse}, [or] {Heath game} (Zo[94]l.), a European grouse ({Tetrao tetrix}), which inhabits heats; -- 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}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Heath grouse} (above). {Heath pea} (bot.), a species of bitter vetch ({Lathyris macrorhizus}), the tubers of which are eaten, and in Scotland are used to flavor whisky. {Heath throstle} (Zo[94]l.), a European thrush which frequents heaths; the ring ouzel. | |
| From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
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Heath, AL (town, FIPS 33904) Location: 31.35510 N, 86.46688 W Population (1990): 182 (88 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Heath, MA Zip code(s): 01346 Heath, OH (city, FIPS 34748) Location: 40.02687 N, 82.43735 W Population (1990): 7231 (2884 housing units) Area: 23.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43056 Heath, TX (city, FIPS 32984) Location: 32.84777 N, 96.47801 W Population (1990): 2108 (800 housing units) Area: 17.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 75087 | |
| From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
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Heath Heb. 'arar, (Jer. 17:6; 48:6), a species of juniper called by the Arabs by the same name ('arar), the Juniperus sabina or savin. "Its gloomy, stunted appearance, with its scale-like leaves pressed close to its gnarled stem, and cropped close by the wild goats, as it clings to the rocks about Petra, gives great force to the contrast suggested by the prophet, between him that trusteth in man, naked and destitute, and the man that trusteth in the Lord, flourishing as a tree planted by the waters" (Tristram, Natural History of the Bible). | |
