Definition of head

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Head (v. t.) To be at the head of; to put one's self at the head of; to lead; to direct; to act as leader to; as, to head an army, an expedition, or a riot..

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Rosehead :: Rosehead (n.) See Rose, n., 4..
Pile :: Pile (n.) The head of an arrow or spear.
Bolthead :: Bolthead (n.) The head of a bolt.
Nott-pated :: Nott-pated (a.) Same as Nott-headed.
Frontlet :: Frontlet (n.) A frontal or brow band; a fillet or band worn on the forehead.
Horsenail :: Horsenail (n.) A thin, pointed nail, with a heavy flaring head, for securing a horsehoe to the hoof; a horsehoe nail..
Decolling :: Decolling (n.) Beheading.
Sabellian :: Sabellian (n.) A follower of Sabellius, a presbyter of Ptolemais in the third century, who maintained that there is but one person in the Godhead, and that the Son and Holy Spirit are only different powers, operations, or offices of the one God the Father..
Tonsure :: Tonsure (n.) The first ceremony used for devoting a person to the service of God and the church; the first degree of the clericate, given by a bishop, abbot, or cardinal priest, consisting in cutting off the hair from a circular space at the back of the head, with prayers and benedictions; hence, entrance or admission into minor orders..
Mustache :: Mustache (n.) Any conspicuous stripe of color on the side of the head, beneath the eye of a bird..
Capitulation :: Capitulation (n.) A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.
Sheik :: Sheik (n.) The head of an Arab family, or of a clan or a tribe; also, the chief magistrate of an Arab village. The name is also applied to Mohammedan ecclesiastics of a high grade..
Spermaceti :: Spermaceti (n.) A white waxy substance obtained from cavities in the head of the sperm whale, and used making candles, oilments, cosmetics, etc. It consists essentially of ethereal salts of palmitic acid with ethal and other hydrocarbon bases. The substance of spermaceti after the removal of certain impurities is sometimes called cetin..
Tiller :: Tiller (n.) A lever of wood or metal fitted to the rudder head and used for turning side to side in steering. In small boats hand power is used; in large vessels, the tiller is moved by means of mechanical appliances. See Illust. of Rudder. Cf. 2d Helm, 1..
Carotid :: Carotid (n.) One of the two main arteries of the neck, by which blood is conveyed from the aorta to the head. [See Illust. of Aorta.].
Cant :: Cant (n.) A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.
Head :: Head (n.) Each one among many; an individual; -- often used in a plural sense; as, a thousand head of cattle..
Funge :: Funge (n.) A blockhead; a dolt; a fool.
Headforemost :: Headforemost (adv.) With the head foremost.
Turn :: Turn (v. t.) To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wholly, or repeatedly; to make to change position so as to present other sides in given directions; to make to face otherwise; as, to turn a wheel or a spindle; to turn the body or the head..
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