heathenry

[Eng. heathen; -ry.] 1. The quality or state of being heathen; heathenism. "Your heathenry and your lazine ."-C. Kingsley: Hypatia , ch. vi. 2. Heathens collectively; heathendom. heather, s. [Eng. heath ; -er =the dweller on the heath.] Heath, chiefly Calluna vulgar is . "A night among the heather wad caller our bloods." Scott : Rob Roy , ch. xxviii. Him a lay an heather: Bot.: Andromeda fastigiata . heather-bell, s . A bell-shaped corolla of one of the common heaths, Erica cinerea or E. tetralix . "Away hath pa ed the heather-bell." Scott: Marmion, i. (Introd.) heather-blutter, heather-bleat, heather bleater, s., Ornith.: The Common Snipe, Scolopax gall in a go . ( Scotch .) heather-cow, s . ( Scotch .) 1. A tuft or twig of heath. 2. In Galloway a besom made of heath. heath-er-ỹ, a. [Eng. heather; -y.] Abounding in or covered with heath; heathy; like heath. "The antlered monarch of the waste Sprung from his heathery couch in haste." Scott : Lady of the Lake , i. 2. heath-wõrts, s. pl . [Eng. heath , and worts .] Bot.: The name given by Lindley to the order Ericacese (q. v.). heath-ỹ, a. [Eng. heath; y.] Full of or covered with heath. "The fugitives sat on the heathy gra ."-Cooper: Hide and Seek , p. 214. heating, pr. par., a. & 8. [HEAT, v.] A. As pr. par .: (See the verb.) B. As adj .: Causing or tending to cause, or promoting warmth or heat; exciting; stimulating; stirring. C. As subst.: The act or proce of warming or imparting heat to anything. "The heating of the oven."- Shakesp .: Troilus and Cres sida , i. 1. heating apparatus, subst . A contrivance for warming buildings. This is effected in various ways, by means of close stoves, hot air, steam, or hot water flues, gas, . heating-surface, s. iv. 1. (Note.)