Heath

heth, n. (Bot.) A flowering shrub of many species. A place overgrown with heath; a desert; a; a cheerle tract of country. — Heath '-cock, n. ( Ornith.) A large bird which frequents heaths; the black grouse. hen, n. The female of, etc. — -game, re. The heath-cock, etc. — gra , n. A perennial, leafy-stemmed gra . — Heather, heth/'er, n. Heath. — Heath'ery, -er-t, a. — Heathen, he'thn, n. Apagan; idolater; an irreligious, unthinking person. — a. Gentile; pagan.— Hea'thendom, -dum, n. That a part of the world where heathenism prevails; heathen nations collectively. — Hea'the nish, a. Pert, to, etc.; rude; savage; inhuman. — Hea'the nish ne , n. — Hea'thenism, -izm, n. Religious system or rites of a heathen nation; idolatry; paganism; manners or morals prevalent in a heathen country. — Hea'thenize, v. t. [-ized (-Izd), -izing.] To ren-; der heathen or heathenish.