Definition of head

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Head (v. t.) To be at the head of; to put one's self at the head of; to lead; to direct; to act as leader to; as, to head an army, an expedition, or a riot..

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Underhead :: Underhead (n.) A blockhead, or stupid person; a dunderhead..
Bandeau :: Bandeau (n.) A narrow band or fillet; a part of a head-dress.
Craniotomy :: Craniotomy (n.) The operation of opening the fetal head, in order to effect delivery..
Ampyx :: Ampyx (n.) A woman's headband (sometimes of metal), for binding the front hair..
Necklace :: Necklace (n.) A rope or chain fitted around the masthead to hold hanging blocks for jibs and stays.
Browbound :: Browbound (a.) Crowned; having the head encircled as with a diadem.
Couchant :: Couchant (v. t.) Lying down with head erect; squatting.
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..
Beheading :: Beheading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Behea.
Hydrocephalus :: Hydrocephalus (n.) An accumulation of liquid within the cavity of the cranium, especially within the ventricles of the brain; dropsy of the brain. It is due usually to tubercular meningitis. When it occurs in infancy, it often enlarges the head enormously..
Coronet :: Coronet (n.) An ornamental or honorary headdress, having the shape and character of a crown; particularly, a crown worn as the mark of high rank lower than sovereignty. The word is used by Shakespeare to denote also a kingly crown..
Clearance :: Clearance (n.) The distance by which one object clears another, as the distance between the piston and cylinder head at the end of a stroke in a steam engine, or the least distance between the point of a cogwheel tooth and the bottom of a space between teeth of a wheel with which it engages..
Deuteropathy :: Deuteropathy (n.) A sympathetic affection of any part of the body, as headache from an overloaded stomach..
Galea :: Galea (n.) Headache extending all over the head.
Frost :: Frost (v. t.) To roughen or sharpen, as the nail heads or calks of horseshoes, so as to fit them for frosty weather..
Billethead :: Billethead (n.) A round piece of timber at the bow or stern of a whaleboat, around which the harpoon lone is run out when the whale darts off..
Hawse :: Hawse (n.) The distance ahead to which the cables usually extend; as, the ship has a clear or open hawse, or a foul hawse; to anchor in our hawse, or athwart hawse..
Head :: Head (n.) The place where the head should go; as, the head of a bed, of a grave, etc.; the head of a carriage, that is, the hood which covers the head..
Rattlepate :: Rattlepate (n.) A rattlehead.
Headline :: Headline (n.) See Headrope.
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