HEADPIECE

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

Head. In his headpiece he felt a sore pain. Spenser.

2.
n.

A cap of defense; especially, an open one, as distinguished from the closed helmet of the Middle Ages.

3.
n.

Understanding; mental faculty. Eumenes had the best headpiece of all Alexander's captains. Prideaux.

4.
n.

An engraved ornament at the head of a chapter, or of a page.


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