Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: HEAD'-DRESS – HEAD'-SEA
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HEAD'-DRESS, n. [hed'-dress.]
- The dress of the head; the covering or ornaments of a woman's head. Pope. Addison.
- The crest, or tuft of feathers on a fowl's head. Addison.
HEAD'ED, pp. [hed'ed.]
Led; directed; furnished with a head; having a top. This is used in composition, as clear-headed, long-headed, thick-headed, &c.
HEAD'ER, n. [hed'er.]
- One who heads nails or pins.
- One who leads a mob or party.
- The first brick in the angle of a wall. Moxon.
HEAD'FAST, n. [hed'fast.]
A rope at the head of a ship to fasten it to a wharf or other fixed object. Mar. Dict.
HEAD'FIRST, adv. [hed'furst.]
With the head foremost.
HEAD'GAR-GLE, n. [hed'gargle.]
A disease of cattle. Mortimer.
HEAD'GEAR, n. [hed'gear.]
The dress of a woman's head. Burton.
HEAD'I-LY, adv. [hed'ily.]
Rashly; hastily.
HEAD'I-NESS, n. [hed'iness. See Heady.]
- Rashness; precipitation; a disposition to rush forward without due deliberation or prudence. Spenser.
- Stubbornness; obstinacy.
HEAD'ING, n. [hed'ing.]
Timber for the heads of casks.
HEAD'LAND, n. [hed'land.]
- A cape; a promontory; a point of land projecting from the shore into the sea, or other expanse of water.
- A ridge or strip of unplowed land at the ends of furrows, or near a fence.
HEAD'LESS, a. [hed'less.]
- Having no head; beheaded; as, a headless body, neck or carcase. Dryden. Spenser.
- Destitute of a chief or leader. Ralegh.
- Destitute of understanding or prudence; rash; obstinate. Spenser.
HEAD'LONG, a. [hed'long.]
- Steep; precipitous. Milton.
- Rash; precipitate; as, headlong folly.
HEAD'LONG, adv. [hed'long.]
- With the head foremost; as, to fall headlong. Dryden.
- Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation. He hurries headlong to his fate. Dryden.
- Hastily; without delay or respit.
HEAD'MAN, n. [hed'man.]
A chief; a leader.
HEAD-MOLD'-SHOT, n.
A disease in children, in which the sutures of the skull, usually the coronal, ride, that is, when their edges shoot over one another, and are so close-locked as to compress the brain; often occasioning convulsions and death. Encyc.
HEAD'MON-EY, n. [hed'munny.]
A capitation-tax. Milton.
HEAD'MOST, a. [hed'most.]
Most advanced; most forward; first in a line or order of progression; as, the headmost ship in a fleet.
HEAD'-PAN, n. [hed'-pan.]
The brain-pan. [Not in use.]
HEAD'PENCE, n. [hed'pence.]
A poll tax. [Obs.]
HEAD'-PIECE, n. [hed'-pece.]
- Armor for the head; a helmet; a morion. Sidney. Dryden.
- Understanding; force of mind. [Not common.] Prideaux.
HEAD-QUART'ERS, n. [plur.]
- The quarters or place of residence of the commander-in-chief of an army.
- The residence of any chief, or place from which orders are issued.
HEAD'ROPE, n. [hed'-rope.]
That part of a bolt-rope which terminates any sail on the upper edge, and to which it is sewed. Mar. Dict.
HEAD'SAIL, n. [hed'-sail.]
The head-sails of a ship are the sails which are extended on the fore-mast and bowsprit, as the fore-sail, foretop-sail, jib, &c. Mar. Dict.
HEAD'-SEA, n. [hed'-sea.]
Waves that meet the head of a ship or roll against her course. Mar. Dict.