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^ • Dress of the head.
Ladies think they gain a point when they havewaztd their husbands to buy them a laced head° r a tine petticoat. Swift.
Principal topick of discourse.
These heads are of a mined order, and we pro-pose only such as belong to the natural world.
Burnet's Theory.
’Tis our great interest, and duty, to satisfy°urselves on this head , upon which our whofeConduct depends. Atterbury.
'*• Source of a stream.
, It is the glory of God to give ; his very natureJjchghteth in it: hi s mercies in the current,through which they would pass, may be dried up,^ut at the head they never fail. Hooker.
. The current by Gaza is but a small stream,psing between it and the Red sea , whose headr ?m Gaza is little more than twenty English ^les. Raleigh 's History.
|Some did the song, and some the choir maintain,Pcueath a laurel shade, where mighty Pofounts up to woods above, and hides his head
% below. Dryden.
Crisis; pitch.
The indisposition which has long hung uponjj* e » h at last grown to such a head, that it must2 HUickly make an end of me, or of itself. Addison.Bower; influence ; force; strength;
^minion.
Within her breast though calm, her breast
\r though pure,
Xtotherly cares and fears got head, and rais’d<J nie troubled thoughts. Milton.
Body ; conflux.
People under command chuse to consult, and* ter to march in order; and rebels,, contrariwise,** upon an head together in confusion. Bacon ..A mighty and a fearful head they are,y^r offer'd foul play in a state. Shakesp.
IVl ?• * n ^ le n, * rc l ies i* ere we i K ‘ ar( f y ()U were,
a kmg another head to fight again. Shakesp.
'J’i . Let all this wicked crew gather*>7 °* r forces to one head. Jen Jonson.
' Bower; armed force.
lord, my lord, the French have gather’dShakesp.
\y. At sixteen years,
b nen Tarquin made a head for Rome, he soughtft tlie mark of others. Shakesp.
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' Liberty in running a horse.
A,. 'gave his able horse the head.
\ . bounding forward struck his agile heelspVUnst the panting sides of his pour jadeSfQ I ! ^ le towel-liead. Shahesp.
' Licence; freedom from restraint; a
( e L'iphor from horsemanship.
'I'ol W1 ^ not admit of tire passionate man’sPass 1 T’ dint he has so long given liis unrulytin. 10115 their head, tliat lie cannot now govern
3() .'“"‘foul tiiem. South.
’’Oot ' 8 ver y improperly applied to
Ai'.j' 1 ," turneps hide their swelling heads below,now the closing coleworts upwards grow.
*1, if Gay.
l e : eo « and shoulders. By force ; vio-
that hit upon a thought that tickles* will b e st jj^ bringing it in by head and shoul-* 0v er and over, in several companies.
Th ev , . L 1 Estrange.
br . ,n S * n every figure of speech, head and?• y niain force, in spite of nature and
ll ®A D JeC .‘- . . Felton -
he Q j r ‘dj- Chief; principal; as, the
, The i' V ° r ^ man > the head inn.
•J^d n„,? rse niade their escape to Winchester, the<0 Hp er3 ' Clarendon.
To j' 13 ' v - a. [from the noun.]8oy er ^ ac * '< to influence; to direct ; to
^ r * ' v hat"l' 0 , eem < t our friend, is either fled,
e fear, our enemies does head, Dryden.
Nor is what has been said of princes less trueof all other governours, from him that heads anarmy to him that is master of a family, or of onesingle servant. South.
This lord had headed his appointed bands,
In firm allegiance to his king’s commands. Prior.
2. To behead ; to kill by taking away thehead.
If you head and hang all that offend that waybut for ten years together, you’ll be glad to giveout a commission for more heads. Shakesp.
3. To fit any thing with a head, or prin-cipal part.
Headed with flints and feathers bloody dy’d,Arrows the Indians in their quivers hide.
Fairy Queen.
Of cornel-wood a spear upright.
Headed with piercing steel, ana polish’d bright.
Dryden.
4. To lop trees.
You must disbranch them, leaving only thesummit entire: it may be necessary to head themtao. Mortimer.
He'adach. n. s. [head and ach .] Painin the head.
' From the cruel headach,
Riches do not preserve. Sidney.
Nothing more exposes to headachs , colds, ca-tarrhs, and coughs, than keeping the head warm.
Locke.
In the headach he orders the opening of the veinof the forehead. Arbuthnot.
At some dear idle time,
Nor plagu’d with headachs , or the want of rhyme.
rope.
He'adband. n. s . [head and band.]
1. A fillet for the head; a topknot.
The Lord will take away the bonnets, and theheadbands. Isaiah.
2. The band at each end of a book.
He'adborough. n.s. [head and borough.]
A constable; a subordinate constable.
Here lies John Dod, a servant of God , to whomhe is gone,
Father or mother, sister or brother, he never knewnone; * /
A headhorough and a constable, a man of fame,
The first of his house, and last of his name.
Camden.
This none are able to break thorough,
Until they’re freed by head of borough. Hudibras.
IIe'addkess. n. s. [head and dress.]
1. The covering of a woman’s head.
There is not so variable a thing in nature as alady’s headdress: I have known it rise and fall.
Addison.
If ere with airy horns I planted heads,
Or discompos’d the headdress of a prude. Pope.
2. Anv thing resembling a headdress, andprominent on the head.
Among birds the males very soon appear in amost beautiful headdress, whether it be a crest, acomb, a tuft of feathers, or a natural little plume,erected like a kind of pinnacle on the very top ofthe head. Addtson.
He'ader. n. s. [from head.]
1. One that heads nails or pins, or thelike.
2. The first brick in the angle.
If the header of one side of the wall is toothedas much as the stretcher on the outside, it wouldbe a stronger toothing, and the joints of the headersof one side would be in the middle of tiie headersof tlie course they lie upon of the other side. Moxan
IIe’adg ARGkE. n. s. [ head and gargle.]A disease, I suppose, in cattle.
For the headgargle give powder of fenugreek.
Mortimer.
liE'ADINESS. n. s. [from heady.] Hurry;rashness; subbomess; precipitation; ob-stinacy.
If any will rasldy blame sucli his choice of old
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and unwonted words, him may I more justblame and condemn, either of witless headiness iljudging, or of headless hardiness in coiiftemning.
Spenser.
He'adland. n. s. [head and land.]
1. Promontory; cape.
An heroick play ought to be an imitation of arheroick poem, and consequently love and valou;ought to be the subject of it: both these SiWilliam Davenant began to shadow ; but it waiso as discoverers draw their maps with headlandand promontories. Diyden
2. Ground under hedges.
Now down with the grass upon headlands aboutThat groweth in shadow so rank and so stout.
Tusse.-
1. Without an head ; beheaded.
His shining helmet he ’gan soon unlace,
And left his headless body bleeding at the place.
Spenser.
Were 1 a man, a duke, and next of blood,
I would remove these tedious stumbling blocks,And smooth my way upon their headless necks.
Shakesp
On the cold earth lies th’ unregarded king,
A headless carcase, and a nameless thing. Denham .
Prickly stubs, instead of trees, are found ;Headless the most, and hideous to behold. Dryden.
2. Without a chief.
They rested not until they had made the empirestand headless about seventeen years. Raleigh .
3. Obstinate ; inconsiderate ; ignorant;wanting intellects ; perhaps for heedless .
Him may ] more justly blame and condemn,either of witless heaviness in judging, or of head -less hardiness in condemning. Spenser.
He'adlong. adj.
J. Steep; precipitous.
2. Rash; thoughtless.
3. Sudden; precipitate.
It suddenly fell from an excess of favour, whichmany examples having taught them, never stopthis race, ’till it came to a headlong overthrow. Sid.
He'adlong. edv. [head and long.]
1. With the head foremost. It is oftendoubtful whether this word be adjectiveor adverb.
I’ll look no more,
Lest my brain turn, and the deficient sightTopple down headlong. Shakesp.
Who, while he steering view’d the stars, andbore
His course from Africk to the Latian shore,
Fell headlong down. ^ Dryden.
Headlong from thence the glowing fury springs,And o’er the Theban palace spreads her wings.
Pope.
2. Rashly ; without thought ; precipi-tately.
To give Ahab such warning as might infalliblyhave prevented his destruction, was esteemed byhim evil; and to push him on headlong into it, be-cause lie was fond of it, was accounted good. Soiah.
Some ask for envy’d pow’r, which publick haPursues, and hurries headlong to their fate.
Down go tlie titles. . Dryden
3. Hastily ; without delay or respite.
Unhappy offspring of my teeming womb!Dragg’d headlong from thy cradle to thy toml
Dryden
4. It is very negligently used by Shakespeare.
Hence will I drae thee headlong by tlie heels,Unto a dunghill, which shall be thy grave. Shah
He'admould-shot. n. s. [head, mouldand shot.] This is when the sutures otlie skull, generally the coronal, ridethat is, have their edges shot over omanother; which is frequent in infants, antoccasions convulsionsand deaths. QuincyHe'adpiece. n. s. [head and piece.]
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