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f a contingent issue; to wager. John a Gaunt loved him well, and betted much money on his head. Shak. I'll bet you two to one I'll make him do it. O. W. Holmes.

To cover (the head) with a wig. Hawthorne.

Having two heads.

A muscle having two heads or origins; -- applied particularly to a flexor in the arm, and to another in the thigh.

Having two heads or origins, as a muscle.

Having two heads; bicipital. "Bicipitous serpents." Sir T. Browne.

Double-bodied, as a lion having one head and two bodies.

A child's cap; a hood, or something worn on the head. An old woman's biggin for a nightcap. Massinger.

e poor in the Middle Ages; also, a woolen cap or hood worn over the shoulders or over the head.

generally claiming to be a successor of the Apostles. The bishop is usually the spiritual head or ruler of a diocese, bishopric, or see. Bishop in partibus [infidelium] (R. C. Ch.), a bishop of a see which does not actually exist; one who has the office of bishop, without especial jurisdiction. Shipley. -- Titular bis…

Dendroica Blackburniæ). The male is strongly marked with orange, yellow, and black on the head and neck, and has an orange-yellow breast.

A white spot on the forehead of a horse.

A South African antelope (Alcelaphus albifrons), having a large white spot on the forehead.

To wave; to brandish. [Obs.] And burning blades about their heads do bless. Spenser. Round his armed head his trenchant blade he blest. Fairfax.

The solid piece of wood on which condemned persons lay their necks when they are beheaded. Noble heads which have been brought to the block. E. Everett.

The downy seed head of a dandelion, which children delight to blow away. B. Jonson.

A nostril or spiracle in the top of the head of a whale or other cetacean.

and unblushing, the young offender is ashamed to blush. Buckminster. He would stroke The head of modest and ingenuous worth, That blushed at its own praise. Cowper.

A short, jerking motion; act of bobbing; as, a bob of the head.

A spool or reel of various material and construction, with a head at one or both ends, and sometimes with a hole bored through its length by which it may be placed on a spindle or pivot. It is used to hold yarn or thread, as in spinning or warping machines, looms, sewing machines, etc.