Heath,

8 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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: {heathland}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  77 Moby Thesaurus words for "heath":
     Arabia Deserta, Death Valley, Sahara, alkali flat, alluvial plain,
     barren, barren land, barrens, basin, bottomland, brush, bush,
     bushveld, campo, champaign, champaign country, coastal plain,
     delta, desert, desolation, down, downs, dust bowl, fell, flat,
     flat country, flatland, flats, grass veld, grassland,
     howling wilderness, karroo, lande, level, llano, lowland, lowlands,
     lunar landscape, lunar mare, lunar waste, mare, mesa, mesilla,
     moor, moorland, open country, outback, pampa, pampas, peneplain,
     plain, plains, plateau, playa, prairie, salt flat, salt marsh,
     salt pan, savanna, sebkha, steppe, table, tableland, tree veld,
     tundra, upland, vega, veld, waste, wasteland, weald, weary waste,
     wide-open spaces, wild, wilderness, wilds, wold
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  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).
     

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  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 U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Heath, AL -- U.S. town in Alabama
     Population (2000):    249
     Housing Units (2000): 138
     Land area (2000):     0.910125 sq. miles (2.357213 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.002215 sq. miles (0.005737 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.912340 sq. miles (2.362950 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            33904
     Located within:       Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
     Location:             31.358154 N, 86.470193 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Heath, AL
      Heath
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Heath, OH -- U.S. city in Ohio
     Population (2000):    8527
     Housing Units (2000): 3593
     Land area (2000):     10.441593 sq. miles (27.043601 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.006585 sq. miles (0.017054 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    10.448178 sq. miles (27.060655 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            34748
     Located within:       Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
     Location:             40.032047 N, 82.435652 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     43056
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Heath, OH
      Heath
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Heath, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
     Population (2000):    4149
     Housing Units (2000): 1462
     Land area (2000):     6.863948 sq. miles (17.777543 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.043722 sq. miles (0.113239 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    6.907670 sq. miles (17.890782 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            32984
     Located within:       Texas (TX), FIPS 48
     Location:             32.847890 N, 96.478273 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     75087
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Heath, TX
      Heath