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Ling \Ling\, n. [Icel. lyng; akin to Dan. lyng, Sw. ljung.]
   (Bot.)
   Heather ({Calluna vulgaris}).
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   {Ling honey}, a sort of wild honey, made from the flowers of
      the heather. --Holland.
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-ling \-ling\ (-l[i^]ng) suff. [AS. -ling.]
   A noun suffix, commonly having a diminutive or a depreciatory
   force; as in duckling, gosling, hireling, fosterling,
   firstling, underling.
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-ling \-ling\
   An adverbial suffix; as, darkling, flatling.
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Ling \Ling\ (l[i^]ng), n. [OE. lenge; akin to D. leng, G.
   l[aum]nge, Dan. lange, Sw. l[*a]nga, Icel. langa. So named
   from its being long. See {Long}, a.] (Zool.)
   (a) A large, marine, gadoid fish ({Molva vulgaris}) of
       Northern Europe and Greenland. It is valued as a food
       fish and is largely salted and dried. Called also
       {drizzle}.
   (b) The burbot of Lake Ontario.
   (c) An American hake of the genus {Phycis}. [Canada]
   (d) A New Zealand food fish of the genus {Genypterus}. The
       name is also locally applied to other fishes, as the
       cultus cod, the mutton fish, and the cobia.
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Heath \Heath\ (h[=e]th), n. [OE. heth waste land, the plant
   heath, AS. h[=ae][eth]; akin to D. & G. heide, Icel.
   hei[eth]r waste land, Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. hai[thorn]i
   field, L. bucetum a cow pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr.
   ksh[=e]tra field. [root]20.]
   1. (Bot.)
      (a) A low shrub ({Erica vulgaris} or {Calluna vulgaris}),
          with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of
          pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms,
          thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It
          is also called {heather}, and {ling}.
      (b) Also, any species of the genus {Erica}, of which
          several are European, and many more are South African,
          some of great beauty. See Illust. of {Heather}.
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   2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of
      country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.
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            Their stately growth, though bare,
            Stands on the blasted heath.          --Milton
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   {Heath cock} (Zool.), the blackcock. See {Heath grouse}
      (below).

   {Heath grass} (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus
      {Triodia} ({Triodia decumbens}), growing on dry heaths.

   {Heath grouse}, or {Heath game} (Zool.), a European grouse
      ({Tetrao tetrix}), which inhabits heaths; -- called also
      {black game}, {black grouse}, {heath poult}, {heath fowl},
      {moor fowl}. The male is called {heath cock}, and
      {blackcock}; the female, {heath hen}, and {gray hen}.

   {Heath hen}. (Zool.) See {Heath grouse} (above).

   {Heath pea} (Bot.), a species of bitter vetch ({Lathyrus
      macrorhizus}), the tubers of which are eaten, and in
      Scotland are used to flavor whisky.

   {Heath throstle} (Zool.), a European thrush which frequents
      heaths; the ring ouzel.
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Burbot \Bur"bot\, n. [F. barbote, fr. barbe beard. See 1st
   {Barb}.] (Zool.)
   A fresh-water fish of the genus {Lota}, having on the nose
   two very small barbels, and a larger one on the chin.
   [Written also {burbolt}.]
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   Note: The fish is also called an {eelpout} or {ling}, and is
         allied to the codfish. The {Lota vulgaris} is a common
         European species. An American species ({Lota maculosa})
         is found in New England, the Great Lakes, and farther
         north.
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Eelpout \Eel"pout`\, n. [AS. ?lepute.] (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) A European fish ({Zoarces viviparus}), remarkable for
       producing living young; -- called also {greenbone},
       {guffer}, {bard}, and {Maroona eel}. Also, an American
       species ({Z. anguillaris}), -- called also {mutton fish},
       and, erroneously, {congo eel}, {ling}, and {lamper eel}.
       Both are edible, but of little value.
   (b) A fresh-water fish, the burbot.
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