Definition of head

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Head (v. t.) To set on the head; as, to head a cask..

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Above :: Above (adv.) In a higher place; overhead; into or from heaven; as, the clouds above..
Orthognathous :: Orthognathous (a.) Having the front of the head, or the skull, nearly perpendicular, not retreating backwards above the jaws; -- opposed to prognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic..
Patent-hammered :: Patent-hammered (a.) Having a surface dressed by cutting with a hammer the head of which consists of broad thin chisels clamped together.
Promontory :: Promontory (n.) A high point of land or rock projecting into the sea beyond the line of coast; a headland; a high cape.
Dizzard :: Dizzard (n.) A blockhead. [Obs.] [Written also dizard, and disard.].
Cavalier :: Cavalier (n.) One of the court party in the time of king Charles I. as contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament.
Point :: Point (v. i.) To approximate to the surface; to head; -- said of an abscess.
Somerset :: Somerset (n.) A leap in which a person turns his heels over his head and lights upon his feet; a turning end over end.
Headnote :: Headnote (n.) A note at the head of a page or chapter; in law reports, an abstract of a case, showing the principles involved and the opinion of the court..
Crested :: Crested (a.) Having a crest of feathers or hair upon the head.
Bare :: Bare (a.) With head uncovered; bareheaded.
Fieldfare :: Fieldfare (n.) a small thrush (Turdus pilaris) which breeds in northern Europe and winters in Great Britain. The head, nape, and lower part of the back are ash-colored; the upper part of the back and wing coverts, chestnut; -- called also fellfare..
Knighthead :: Knighthead (n.) A bollard timber. See under Bollard.
Woolly-head :: Woolly-head (n.) A negro.
Headmold Shot :: Headmold shot () Alt. of Headmould sho.
Unhead :: Unhead (v. t.) To take out the head of; as, to unhead a cask..
Abbe :: Abbe (n.) The French word answering to the English abbot, the head of an abbey; but commonly a title of respect given in France to every one vested with the ecclesiastical habit or dress..
Hermes :: Hermes (n.) Originally, a boundary stone dedicated to Hermes as the god of boundaries, and therefore bearing in some cases a head, or head and shoulders, placed upon a quadrangular pillar whose height is that of the body belonging to the head, sometimes having feet or other parts of the body sculptured upon it. These figures, though often representing Hermes, were used for other divinities, and even, in later times, for portraits of human beings. Called also herma. See Terminal statue, under Ter
Rostrifera :: Rostrifera (n. pl.) A division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, having the head prolonged into a snout which is not retractile..
Rug-headed :: Rug-headed (a.) Having shaggy hair; shock-headed.
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