Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The flower of the heath, especially of Erica Tetralix or E. cinerea. Also called heather-bell.
Examples
“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
“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
“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
“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
“Die Vernon, the heath-bell of Cheviot, and the blossom of the”
“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.”
“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.”
“Die Vernon, the heath-bell of Cheviot, and the blossom of the Border, come to see how the old bachelor keeps house?”
“_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.”
“We were tete-a’-tete, 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.”
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