Heather (fabric)
WordNet
noun
(1) Interwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted greyish shades with flecks of color
(2) Common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere
WiktionaryText
Proper noun
- from the English noun heather. Popular in the end of the 20th century.
Quotations
- 1867 J.H.Riddell: Far Above Rubies. Bernhard Tauchnitz 1867. page 50:
- She struck his fancy - that pretty girl with the quaint name: sweet Heather Bell, as Mr. Travers always called her.
- "The name was a fancy of her godfather, an eccentric bachelor," the lady explained. " She was the youngest of three daughters, and the other two were called, respectively, 'Lily' and 'Rose'. 'Call this one Heather,' said Mr. Stewart, who loved Scotland and her purple mountains, 'she will grow up like the heather, perhaps - strong, hardy, a wild flower, worth of a hundred of your garden rarities.'
- 2001 John Irving: The Cider House Rules. Ballantine Books 2001. ISBN 0345417941 page 506:
- "I like Hazel and Heather," Angel said, after a while. "They're both names of plants, so they sort of go with Rose."
- "I don't have no plant, I got a little girl," Rose Rose said, smiling.