heath

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: {heath}, {heathland}]
    

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.
      [1913 Webster]
    

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).
    

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
    

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
    

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
    

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
    

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