Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The burning of the heather on a moor, which is unlawful between April 11 and Nov. 1.
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a land of young heather and green upland meads, of faint odours of moor-burn, and hill-tops falling in clear ridges to the sky-line, the veriest St. Anthony would not abide indoors; so I flung all else to the winds and went a-fishing.
The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies John Buchan 1907
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