Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The flower of the heath, especially of Erica Tetralix or E. cinerea. Also called
heather-bell .
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Examples
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Die Vernon, the heath-bell of Cheviot, and the blossom of the Border, come to see how the old bachelor keeps house?
Rob Roy 2005
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And moistens the heath-bell that weeps on his breast.
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Various
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Where bright in the heath-bell the dew-drops still glow,
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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Ca's the lily like my bosom, and the heath-bell like my cheek;
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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After dinner in the evening Frank and the Justice were sitting together, when all of a sudden Squire Inglewood called upon his companion to pledge a bumper to "dear Die Vernon, the rose of the wilderness, the heath-bell of Cheviot, that blossom transported to an infamous convent!"
Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North Samuel Rutherford Crockett
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Die Vernon, the heath-bell of Cheviot, and the blossom of the
Rob Roy 1887
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We were _tte -- tte, _ and several bumpers had been quaffed by the Justice's special desire, when, on a sudden, he requested me to fill a bona fide brimmer to the health of poor dear Die Vernon, the rose of the wilderness, the heath-bell of Cheviot, and the blossom that's transplanted to an infernal convent.
Rob Roy 1887
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I felt the consecration of its loneliness: my eye feasted on the outline of swell and sweep -- on the wild colouring communicated to ridge and dell by moss, by heath-bell, by flower-sprinkled turf, by brilliant bracken, and mellow granite crag.
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Die Vernon, the heath-bell of Cheviot, and the blossom of the Border, come to see how the old bachelor keeps house?
Rob Roy — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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Die Vernon, the heath-bell of Cheviot, and the blossom of the Border, come to see how the old bachelor keeps house?
Rob Roy — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801
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