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Definition of heath poult

heath poult
Heath Heath, n. [OE. heth waste land, the plant heath, AS. h??; akin to D. & G. heide, Icel. hei?r waste land, Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. haipi field, L. bucetum a cow pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr. ksh?tra field. [root]20.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A low shrub (Erica, 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. 2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage. Their stately growth, though bare, Stands on the blasted heath. --Milton Heath cock (Zo["o]l.), the blackcock. See Heath grouse (below). Heath grass (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus Triodia (T. decumbens), growing on dry heaths. Heath grouse, or Heath game (Zo["o]l.), a European grouse (Tetrao tetrix), which inhabits heats; -- 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. (Zo["o]l.) See Heath grouse (above). Heath pea (bot.), a species of bitter vetch (Lathyris macrorhizus), the tubers of which are eaten, and in Scotland are used to flavor whisky. Heath throstle (Zo["o]l.), a European thrush which frequents heaths; the ring ouzel.

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- a standard gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) line from Watchet Quay to Heath Poult (or "Exton"). The authorised capital was £50,000. The first sod was cut...
- Somerset Mineral Railway (WSMR), but neither the proposed extension to Heath Poult nor that to Joyce's Cleeve was built, leaving Gupworthy as the line's...
- Baker's Pit Langham Hill Pit Aerial ropeway Gupworthy Old Pit Kennesome Hill Mine Gupworthy New Pit Gupworthy Unbuilt extensions Joyce's Cleeve Heath Poult...
- Baker's Pit Langham Hill Pit Aerial ropeway Gupworthy Old Pit Kennesome Hill Mine Gupworthy New Pit Gupworthy Unbuilt extensions Joyce's Cleeve Heath Poult...
- Baker's Pit Langham Hill Pit Aerial ropeway Gupworthy Old Pit Kennesome Hill Mine Gupworthy New Pit Gupworthy Unbuilt extensions Joyce's Cleeve Heath Poult...
- Baker's Pit Langham Hill Pit Aerial ropeway Gupworthy Old Pit Kennesome Hill Mine Gupworthy New Pit Gupworthy Unbuilt extensions Joyce's Cleeve Heath Poult...
- Baker's Pit Langham Hill Pit Aerial ropeway Gupworthy Old Pit Kennesome Hill Mine Gupworthy New Pit Gupworthy Unbuilt extensions Joyce's Cleeve Heath Poult...
- Baker's Pit Langham Hill Pit Aerial ropeway Gupworthy Old Pit Kennesome Hill Mine Gupworthy New Pit Gupworthy Unbuilt extensions Joyce's Cleeve Heath Poult...
- Baker's Pit Langham Hill Pit Aerial ropeway Gupworthy Old Pit Kennesome Hill Mine Gupworthy New Pit Gupworthy Unbuilt extensions Joyce's Cleeve Heath Poult...
- Baker's Pit Langham Hill Pit Aerial ropeway Gupworthy Old Pit Kennesome Hill Mine Gupworthy New Pit Gupworthy Unbuilt extensions Joyce's Cleeve Heath Poult...