Definition of head

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Head (n.) The seat of the intellect; the brain; the understanding; the mental faculties; as, a good head, that is, a good mind; it never entered his head, it did not occur to him; of his own head, of his own thought or will..

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Per :: Per (prep.) Through; by means of; through the agency of; by; for; for each; as, per annum; per capita, by heads, or according to individuals; per curiam, by the court; per se, by itself, of itself. Per is also sometimes used with English words..
Vignette :: Vignette (n.) A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position; hence, by extension, any small picture in a book; hence, also, as such pictures are often without a definite bounding line, any picture, as an engraving, a photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge..
Bucker :: Bucker (n.) A broad-headed hammer used in bucking ore.
Shallow-brained :: Shallow-brained (a.) Weak in intellect; foolish; empty-headed.
Housewife :: Housewife (n.) The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household.
Androsphinx :: Androsphinx (n.) A man sphinx; a sphinx having the head of a man and the body of a lion.
Headborrow :: Headborrow (n.) A petty constable.
Prostomium :: Prostomium (n.) That portion of the head of an annelid situated in front of the mouth.
Toadhead :: Toadhead (n.) The golden plover.
Double-headed :: Double-headed (a.) Having two heads; bicipital.
Hood :: Hood (n.) A covering for a hawk's head and eyes. See Illust. of Falcon.
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..
Frontlet :: Frontlet (n.) The margin of the head, behind the bill of birds, often bearing rigid bristles..
Head :: Head (v. t.) To go in front of; to get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose; hence, to check or restrain; as, to head a drove of cattle; to head a person; the wind heads a ship..
Beakhead :: Beakhead (n.) An ornament used in rich Norman doorways, resembling a head with a beak..
Person :: Person (n.) Among Trinitarians, one of the three subdivisions of the Godhead (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost); an hypostasis..
Tantalus :: Tantalus (n.) A Phrygian king who was punished in the lower world by being placed in the midst of a lake whose waters reached to his chin but receded whenever he attempted to allay his thirst, while over his head hung branches laden with choice fruit which likewise receded whenever he stretched out his hand to grasp them..
Corrugator :: Corrugator (n.) A muscle which contracts the skin of the forehead into wrinkles.
Wantwit :: Wantwit (n.) One destitute of wit or sense; a blockhead; a fool.
Coverchief :: Coverchief (n.) A covering for the head.
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