n. [ OE. heth waste land, the plant heath, AS. h&aemacr_;ð; akin to D. & G. heide, Icel. heiðr waste land, Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. haiþi field, L. bucetum a cow pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr. kshētra field. √20. ]
Their stately growth, though bare,
Stands on the blasted heath. Milton [ 1913 Webster ]
Heath cock (Zool.),
Heath grass (Bot.),
Heath grouse,
Heath game
Heath hen. (Zool.)
Heath pea (Bot.),
Heath throstle (Zool.),
a. Clad or crowned with heath. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
n.;
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
The heathen,
Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance. Ps. ii. 8.
n. [ AS. h&aemacr_;ðendōm. ]
n. [ AS. h&aemacr_;ðennes, i. e., heathenness. ] Heathendom. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ AS. h&aemacr_;ðenisc. ]
adv. In a heathenish manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state or quality of being heathenish. “The . . . heathenishness and profaneness of most playbooks.” Prynne. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.