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<i>South.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Irreligious; <as>as, a <ex>heathenish</ex> way of living</as>.</def>

<h1>Heathenishly</h1> <Xpage=679>

<hw>Hea"then*ish"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a heathenish manner.</def>

<h1>Heathenishness</h1> <Xpage=679>

<hw>Hea"then*ish*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being heathenish.</def> "The . . . <i>heathenishness</i> and profaneness of most playbooks."

<i>Prynne.</i>

<h1>Heathenism</h1> <Xpage=679>

<hw>Hea"then*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The religious system or rites of a heathen nation; idolatry; paganism.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The manners or morals usually prevalent in a heathen country; ignorance; rudeness; barbarism.</def>

<h1>Heathenize</h1> <Xpage=679>

<hw>Hea"then*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Heathenized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Heathenizing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To render heathen or heathenish.</def>

<i>Firmin.</i>

<h1>Heathenness</h1> <Xpage=679>

<hw>Hea"then*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Heathenesse</er>.]</ety> <def>State of being heathen or like the heathen.</def>

<h1>Heathenry</h1> <Xpage=679>

<hw>Hea"then*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state, quality, or character of the heathen.</def>

<blockquote>Your <b>heathenry</b> and your laziness. <i>C. Kingsley.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Heathendom; heathen nations.</def>

<h1>Heather</h1> <Xpage=679>

<hw>Heath"er</hw> <tt>(?; 277. This is the only pronunciation in Scotland)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Heath</er>.]</ety> <def>Heath.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<blockquote>Gorse and grass And <b>heather</b>, where his footsteps pass, The brighter seem. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Heather bell</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>one of the pretty subglobose flowers of two European kinds of heather (<spn>Erica Tetralix</spn>, and <spn>E. cinerea</spn>).</cd></cs>

<h1>Heathery</h1> <Xpage=679>

<hw>Heath"er*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Heathy; abounding in heather; of the nature of heath.</def>

<h1>Heathy</h1> <Xpage=679>

<hw>Heath"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of heath; abounding with heath; <as>as, <ex>heathy</ex> land; <ex>heathy</ex> hills.</as></def>

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>