Definition of head

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Head (v. t.) To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head; as, to head a nail..

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Tatouay :: Tatouay (n.) An armadillo (Xenurus unicinctus), native of the tropical parts of South America. It has about thirteen movable bands composed of small, nearly square, scales. The head is long; the tail is round and tapered, and nearly destitute of scales; the claws of the fore feet are very large. Called also tatouary, and broad-banded armadillo..
Gray :: Gray (superl.) Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary.
Catawbas :: Catawbas (n. pl.) An Appalachian tribe of Indians which originally inhabited the regions near the Catawba river and the head waters of the Santee.
Provost :: Provost (n.) A person who is appointed to superintend, or preside over, something; the chief magistrate in some cities and towns; as, the provost of Edinburgh or of Glasgow, answering to the mayor of other cities; the provost of a college, answering to president; the provost or head of certain collegiate churches..
Sphinx :: Sphinx (n.) In Egyptian art, an image of granite or porphyry, having a human head, or the head of a ram or of a hawk, upon the wingless body of a lion..
Capital :: Capital (n.) Having reference to, or involving, the forfeiture of the head or life; affecting life; punishable with death; as, capital trials; capital punishment..
Headed :: Headed (imp. & p. p.) of Hea.
Beheaded :: Beheaded (imp. & p. p.) of Behea.
Baldhead :: Baldhead (n.) A person whose head is bald.
Heterochromous :: Heterochromous (a.) Having the central florets of a flower head of a different color from those of the circumference.
Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) The movement, in either direction, of the piston plunger, piston rod, crosshead, etc., as of a steam engine or a pump, in which these parts have a reciprocating motion; as, the forward stroke of a piston; also, the entire distance passed through, as by a piston, in such a movement; as, the piston is at half stroke..
Hydra :: Hydra (n.) A serpent or monster in the lake or marsh of Lerna, in the Peloponnesus, represented as having many heads, one of which, when cut off, was immediately succeeded by two others, unless the wound was cauterized. It was slain by Hercules. Hence, a terrible monster..
Paxwax :: Paxwax (n.) The strong ligament of the back of the neck in quadrupeds. It connects the back of the skull with dorsal spines of the cervical vertebrae, and helps to support the head. Called also paxywaxy and packwax..
Sleepyhead :: Sleepyhead (n.) The ruddy duck.
Cape :: Cape (v. i.) To head or point; to keep a course; as, the ship capes southwest by south..
Beetlehead :: Beetlehead (n.) The black-bellied plover, or bullhead (Squatarola helvetica). See Plover..
Wigged :: Wigged (a.) Having the head covered with a wig; wearing a wig.
Frock :: Frock (n.) A coarse gown worn by monks or friars, and supposed to take the place of all, or nearly all, other garments. It has a hood which can be drawn over the head at pleasure, and is girded by a cord..
Heading :: Heading (n.) That end of a stone or brick which is presented outward.
Phaethon :: Phaethon (n.) The son of Helios (Phoebus), that is, the son of light, or of the sun. He is fabled to have obtained permission to drive the chariot of the sun, in doing which his want of skill would have set the world on fire, had he not been struck with a thunderbolt by Jupiter, and hurled headlong into the river Po..
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