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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Floricomous :: Floricomous (a.) Having the head adorned with flowers.
Pot :: Pot (v. t.) To drain; as, to pot sugar, by taking it from the cooler, and placing it in hogsheads, etc., having perforated heads, through which the molasses drains off..
Lappet :: Lappet (n.) A small decorative fold or flap, esp, of lace or muslin, in a garment or headdress..
Capitation :: Capitation (n.) A tax upon each head or person, without reference to property; a poll tax..
Cockshead :: Cockshead (n.) A leguminous herb (Onobrychis Caput-galli), having small spiny-crested pods..
Set :: Set (n.) A short steel spike used for driving the head of a nail below the surface.
Precipitous :: Precipitous (a.) Headlong; as, precipitous fall..
Pewit :: Pewit (n.) The European black-headed, or laughing, gull (Xema ridibundus). See under Laughing..
Renverse :: Renverse (a.) Reversed; set with the head downward; turned contrary to the natural position.
Crutch :: Crutch (n.) A staff with a crosspiece at the head, to be placed under the arm or shoulder, to support the lame or infirm in walking..
Capitation :: Capitation (n.) A numbering of heads or individuals.
Plunge :: Plunge (n.) The act of pitching or throwing one's self headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse..
Pollage :: Pollage (n.) A head or poll tax; hence, extortion..
Broccoli :: Broccoli (n.) A plant of the Cabbage species (Brassica oleracea) of many varieties, resembling the cauliflower. The curd, or flowering head, is the part used for food..
Captain :: Captain (n.) A head, or chief officer.
Antenna :: Antenna (n.) A movable, articulated organ of sensation, attached to the heads of insects and Crustacea. There are two in the former, and usually four in the latter. They are used as organs of touch, and in some species of Crustacea the cavity of the ear is situated near the basal joint. In insects, they are popularly called horns, and also feelers. The term in also applied to similar organs on the heads of other arthropods and of annelids..
Cowlick :: Cowlick (n.) A tuft of hair turned up or awry (usually over the forehead), as if licked by a cow..
Broadbill :: Broadbill (n.) A wild duck (Aythya, / Fuligula, marila), which appears in large numbers on the eastern coast of the United States, in autumn; -- called also bluebill, blackhead, raft duck, and scaup duck. See Scaup duck..
Onondagas :: Onondagas (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting what is now a part of the State of New York. They were the central or head tribe of the Five Nations.
Hobbyhorse :: Hobbyhorse (n.) A stick, often with the head or figure of a horse, on which boys make believe to ride..
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