Heather
['heðə] or ['hɛðɚ]
Definition
(noun.) common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere.
Typist: Weldon--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Heath.
Edited by Harold
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [Scottish.] Heath.
Checker: Marsha
Definition
n. the Scotch name for the native species of the LinnéŽn genus Erica called in the north of England Ling esp. Erica (now Calluna) vulgaris Common Heather and Erica cinerea Fine-leaved Heath or Lesser Bell-heather.—adj. of the colour of heather.—ns. Heath′er-ale a famous liquor traditionally brewed in Scotland from the bells of heather; Heath′er-bell a name given to Erica tetralix (or specially to its blossom) and sometimes also to Erica cinerea.—adj. Heath′ery of or pertaining to heather.—Set the heather on fire to create a disturbance; Take to the heather to become an outlaw.
Editor: Sidney
Examples
- The heather and peat stratum overhung the brow of the pit in mats, hiding the actual verge. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He was quietly dressed in a suit of heather tweed with a soft cloth cap which he had laid down upon my books. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Down out of the gray rocks and the pines, the heather and the gorse, across the yellow high plateau you see it rising white and beautiful. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- On the path, too, and among the heather were dark stains of clotted blood. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Think about them riding through the heather. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- After standing awhile he stooped and felt the heather. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Wildeve walked a pace or two among the heather without replying. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- We were going up that hill breast high in the gorse and heather. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The girl sat by her in the heather, the sun shining on her hair. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The boy had stepped beyond the solid ground; the heather now gave way, and down he rolled over the scarp of grey sand to the very foot of the man. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It seems Robin's fame attracted more visitants than was consistent with the growth of the heather, upon a moor worth a shilling an acre. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- There was heather growing where he stood. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Come on, Robert Jordan said and started to run toward her through the knee-high heather. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Those gusts which tore the trees merely waved the furze and heather in a light caress. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- BOOK FOUR -- THE CLOSED DOOR 1--The Rencounter by the Pool The July sun shone over Egdon and fired its crimson heather to scarlet. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
Edited by Harold