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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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1,822 words match “HEAD”

HEADSTONE n. 2 definitions

The stone at the head of a grave.

HEADSTRONG a. 2 definitions

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

HEADSTRONGNESS n.

Obstinacy. [R.] Gayton.

HEADTIRE n. 2 definitions

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.

HEADWAY n. 2 definitions

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

HEADY a. 3 definitions

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.

ADDLE-BRAIN; ADDLE-HEAD; ADDLE-PATE n.

A foolish or dull-witted fellow. [Colloq.]

ADDLE-BRAINED; ADDLE-HEADED; ADDLE-PATED a.

Dull-witted; stupid. "The addle-brained Oberstein." Motley. Dull and addle-pated. Dryden.

AHEAD adv. 3 definitions

In or to the front; in advance; onward. The island bore but a little ahead of us. Fielding.

ARROWHEAD n. 2 definitions

The head of an arrow.

Shaped like the head of an arow; cuneiform. Arrowheaded characters, characters the elements of which consist of strokes resembling arrowheads, nailheads, or wedges; -- hence called also nail-headed, wedge-formed, cuneiform, or cuneatic characters; the oldest written characters used in the country about the Tigris and E…

BALDHEAD n. 2 definitions

A person whose head is bald. 2 Kings ii. 23.

Having a bald head.

BAREHEADED; BAREHEAD a.

Having the head uncovered; as, a bareheaded girl.

BEAKHEAD n. 2 definitions

An ornament used in rich Norman doorways, resembling a head with a beak. Parker.

Beastliness. [Obs.] Spenser.

BEETLE-HEADED a.

Dull; stupid. Shak.

BEETLEHEAD n. 2 definitions

A stupid fellow; a blockhead. Sir W. Scott.