Definition of head

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Head (v. i.) To originate; to spring; to have its source, as a river..

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White-face :: White-face (n.) A white mark in the forehead of a horse, descending almost to the nose; -- called also white-blaze..
Yellowhammer :: Yellowhammer (n.) A common European finch (Emberiza citrinella). The color of the male is bright yellow on the breast, neck, and sides of the head, with the back yellow and brown, and the top of the head and the tail quills blackish. Called also yellow bunting, scribbling lark, and writing lark..
Vyce :: Vyce (n.) A kind of clamp with gimlet points for holding a barrel head while the staves are being closed around it.
Frontal :: Frontal (n.) Something worn on the forehead or face; a frontle.
Helve :: Helve (n.) The lever at the end of which is the hammer head, in a forge hammer..
Cap :: Cap (n.) A respectful uncovering of the head.
Sagittate :: Sagittate (a.) Shaped like an arrowhead; triangular, with the two basal angles prolonged downward..
Cockshead :: Cockshead (n.) A leguminous herb (Onobrychis Caput-galli), having small spiny-crested pods..
Bow :: Bow (v. t.) To bend or incline, as the head or body, in token of respect, gratitude, assent, homage, or condescension..
Lappet :: Lappet (n.) A small decorative fold or flap, esp, of lace or muslin, in a garment or headdress..
Counterbore :: Counterbore (n.) A flat-bottomed cylindrical enlargement of the mouth of a hole, usually of slight depth, as for receiving a cylindrical screw head..
Affair :: Affair (n.) That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; as, a difficult affair to manage; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; -- often in the plural. At the head of affairs. Junius..
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..
Crosstrees :: Crosstrees (n. pl.) Pieces of timber at a masthead, to which are attached the upper shrouds. At the head of lower masts in large vessels, they support a semicircular platform called the top..
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..
Noseband :: Noseband (n.) That part of the headstall of a bridle which passes over a horse's nose.
Blowhole :: Blowhole (n.) A nostril or spiracle in the top of the head of a whale or other cetacean.
Supporter :: Supporter (n.) A knee placed under the cathead.
Springiness :: Springhead (n.) A fountain or source.
Cherub :: Cherub (n.) One of a order of angels, variously represented in art. In European painting the cherubim have been shown as blue, to denote knowledge, as distinguished from the seraphim (see Seraph), and in later art the children's heads with wings are generally called cherubs..
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