heth
Americannoun
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the eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
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the sound represented by this letter.
noun
Etymology
Origin of heth
First recorded in 1895–1900, heth is from the Hebrew word ḥeth literally, enclosure
Example Sentences
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An', as for his address; heth man, he often gies me a kiss in the mornings as he gangs oot, and promises me anither whan he comes back again.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 by Various
Eversley was a democratic parish of "heth croppers," and there were few gentry within its borders.
From Home Life of Great Authors by Griswold, Hattie Tyng
The difficulty of the more generally received interpretation—viz., shelves of gravel near the water—is that the ancient spelling of the name did undoubtedly end in hith or heth, and not in ea or ey.
From Chelsea The Fascination of London by Besant, Walter, Sir
It heth ane handsome church, with many ancient monuments and inscriptions on the old, interments of the Earles of this place.
From Waverley Novels — Volume 12 by Scott, Walter, Sir
One hardly expects an etymology in Piers Plowman; but this is there: 'Hethene is to mene after heth, And untiled erthe.'
From On the Study of Words by Trench, Richard Chenevix
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