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A part (usually separate from the bed or frame) for supporting some of the principal working parts of a machine; as:

The principal stone in a foundation; the chief or corner stone. Ps. cxviii. 22.

Not easily restrained; ungovernable; obstinate; stubborn. Not let headstrong boy my will control. Dryden.

Obstinacy. [R.] Gayton.

A headdress. "A headtire of fine linen." 1 Edras iii. 6.

The source and upper part of a stream; -- commonly used in the plural; as, the headwaters of the Missouri.

The progress made by a ship in motion; hence, progress or success of any kind.

Mental labor.

Willful; rash; precipitate; hurried on by will or passion; ungovernable. All the talent required is to be hot, to be heady, -- to be violent on one side or the other. Sir W. Temple.

To cover, as a roof, with tiles, slate, lead, or the like. [Obs.]

Capable of being healed.

A common herb of the Mint family (Brunela vulgaris), destitute of active properties, but anciently thought a panacea.

A heddle. Ure.

One who, or that which, heals.

Tending or serving to heal; healing. [Obs.] Ecclus. xv. 3.

Tending to cure; soothing; mollifying; as, the healing art; a healing salve; healing words. Here healing dews and balms abound. Keble.

So as to heal or cure.

The state of being hale, sound, or whole, in body, mind, or soul; especially, the state of being free from physical disease or pain. There is no health in us. Book of Common Prayer. Though health may be enjoyed without gratitude, it can not be sported with without loss, or regained by courage. Buckminster.…

Full of health; free from illness or disease; well; whole; sound; healthy; as, a healthful body or mind; a healthful plant.

In health; wholesomely.