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mbination, etc., becomes directly known to us through the sense of feeling. In its nature heat is a mode if motion, being in general a form of molecular disturbance or vibration. It was formerly supposed to be a subtile, imponderable fluid, to which was given the name caloric.

One who, or that which, heats.

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.

Clad or crowned with heath.

moral discourse, he may preach it and they may hear it, and yet both continue unconverted heathens. V. Knox. The heathen, as the term is used in the Scriptures, all people except the Jews; now used of all people except Christians, Jews, and Mohammedans. Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance…

That part of the world where heathenism prevails; the heathen nations, considered collectively.

Heathendom. [Obs.] Chaucer. Sir W. Scott.

Of or pertaining to the heathen; resembling or characteristic of heathens. "Worse than heathenish crimes." Milton.

In a heathenish manner.

The state or quality of being heathenish. "The . . . heathenishness and profaneness of most playbooks." Prynne.

The religious system or rites of a heathen nation; idolatry; paganism.

To render heathen or heathenish. Firmin.

State of being heathen or like the heathen.

The state, quality, or character of the heathen. Your heathenry and your laziness. C. Kingsley.

Heath. [Scot.] Gorse and grass And heather, where his footsteps pass, The brighter seem. Longfellow. Heather bell (Bot.), one of the pretty subglobose flowers of two European kinds of heather (Erica Tetralix, and E. cinerea).

Heathy; abounding in heather; of the nature of heath.

Full of heath; abounding with heath; as, heathy land; heathy hills. Sir W. Scott.

That heats or imparts heat; promoting warmth or heat; exciting action; stimulating; as, heating medicines or applications. Heating surface (Steam Boilers), the aggregate surface exposed to fire or to the heated products of combustion, esp. of all the plates or sheets that are exposed to water on their opposite surfaces…

In a heating manner; so as to make or become hot or heated.

Destitute of heat; cold. Beau. & Fl.