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A light, with a powerful reflector, placed at the head of a locomotive, or in front of it, to throw light on the track at night, or in going through a dark tunnel.

The line at the head or top of a page.

With the head foremost; as, to fall headlong. Acts i. 18.

A head or leading man, especially of a village community.

An old name for the condition of the skull, in which the bones ride, or are shot, over each other at the sutures. Dunglison.

Most advanced; most forward; as, the headmost ship in a fleet.

A note at the head of a page or chapter; in law reports, an abstract of a case, showing the principles involved and the opinion of the court.

The brainpan. [Obs.]

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

or place of residence of any chief officer, as the general in command of an army, or the head of a police force; the place from which orders or instructions are issued; hence, the center of authority or order. The brain, which is the headquarters, or office, of intelligence. Collier.

See Race, a water course.

See Headway, 2.

That part of a boltrope which is sewed to the upper edge or head of a sail.

Any sail set forward of the foremast. Totten.

A significant shake of the head, commonly as a signal of denial. Shak.

Authority or dignity; chief place.

An executioner who cuts off heads. Dryden.

Fountain; source. The headspring of our belief. Stapleton.

That part of a bridle or halter which encompasses the head. Shak.

rt of a lathe that holds the revolving spindle and its attachments; -- also called poppet head, the opposite corresponding part being called a tailstock.