Emily Dickinson Lexicon

HEAD, v.t. [hed.]

1. To lead; to direct; to act as leader to; as, to head an army; to head an expedition; to head a riot.
2. To behead; to decapitate. [Unusual.] Shak.
3. To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head; as, to head a nail.
4. To lop; as, to head trees.
5. To go in front of; to get into the front; as, to head a drove of cattle. 6, To set on the head; as, to head a cask.
6. To oppose; to veer round and blow in opposition to the course of a ship; as, the wind heads us.