Emily Dickinson Lexicon

head (-s), n. [OE héafod < Germanic.] (webplay: ax, bed, brain, face, hair, hearing, honor, liberty, place, power, presence, seeing, tasting, top).

1. Face; [metonymy] deceased person; [fig.] bloom; blossom; seed pod of a flowering plant.
2. Chief; principal person; [word play] anatomic head.
3. Title; binding of a book.
4. Person; individual.
5. Uppermost part of the human physique; foremost portion of an animal's body; appendage supported by the neck which contains the organs of sight, smell, taste, and hearing; [fig.] organ of reason; container of the brain; seat of the intellect.
6. Disk; globe; [personification] sun.