Heath

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.
   countable, uncountable
3. Edward Heath, former British prime minister.
4. Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.
   countable, uncountable
5. A male given name.
6. in Erica spp.
   countable, uncountable
7. A number of places in the United Kingdom:
8. A village in Heath and Holmewood parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4466).
9. in Cassiope spp.
   countable, uncountable
10. A hamlet in Leintwardine parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO3876).
11. in Daboecia spp.
    countable, uncountable
12. A hamlet in Abdon and Heath parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO5585).
13. in Epacris spp. (Australian heath)
    countable, uncountable
14. A suburb of Stourbridge, Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO8983).
15. in Leucopogon spp. (beard heath)
    countable, uncountable
16. A small village in Warmfield cum Heath parish, City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3520).
17. in Phyllodoce spp. (mountain heath)
    countable, uncountable
18. A suburb, a community and ward in the City of Cardiff, Wales (OS grid ref ST1780).
19. Any butterfly or moth of species:
    countable, uncountable
20. Coenonympha spp., a genus of brush-footed butterfly, of the palaearctic.
    countable, uncountable
21. Coenonympha pamphilus, native to Europe, Asia except tropical India and Indochina, and Northern Africa, the small heath
    countable, uncountable
22. Hampstead Heath, a park in London.
23. Coenonympha tullia, native to Europe, Asia except tropical India and Indochina, and North America, the large heath
    countable, uncountable
24. A number of places in the United States:
25. A town in Covington County, Alabama.
26. Melitaea athalia (heath fritillary)
    countable, uncountable
27. An extinct town in Perry Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
28. Semiothisa clathrata (latticed heath)
    countable, uncountable
29. A town in Franklin County, Massachusetts.
30. Ematurga atomaria (common heath)
    countable, uncountable
31. A township in Allegan County, Michigan.
32. An unincorporated community in Fergus County, Montana.
33. A city in Licking County, Ohio.
34. A township in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.
35. A city in Rockwall County and Kaufman County, Texas.

Equivalents

Examples

“1. Where the place⟳?/2. Vpon the Heath/3. There to meet⟳ with Macbeth”

“These two stood in the corridor, waving till the last⟳ of the platform was out of sight; then they came into our compartment, and the woman cried a little. Soon she dried her eyes, and went back into the corridor, to have⟳ a last⟳ glimpse of her native heath.”

“There was nobody living in Jim's old house, and some of the windows was broken; but there was heath growing back and front.”

“"But it must be better still outside, though. They say⟳ thousands of people are out in the parks and on the Heath watching it all."”

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