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A muscle which contracts the skin of the forehead into wrinkles.

lso, used for the entire suit of the day, including breastplate and backpiece, tasset and headpiece.

exion; as, a cosmetical preparation. First, robed in white, the nymph intent adores, With head uncovered, the cosmetic powers. Pope.

An apple, large and round like the head. Some [apples] consist more of air than water . . . ; others more of water than wind, as your costards and pomewaters. Muffett.

Shaped like a cup; as, the cotyloid cavity, which receives the head of the thigh bone.

ch a spear or lance, to lower to the position of attack; to place in rest. He stooped his head, and couched his spear, And spurred his steed to full career. Sir W. Scott. To couch malt, to spread malt on a floor. Mortimer.

Lying down with head erect; squatting.

Lying down, with their heads in opposite directions; -- said of animals borne in a coat of arms.

ent of the mouth of a hole, usually of slight depth, as for receiving a cylindrical screw head.

To brace in opposite directions; as, to counterbrace the yards, i. e., to brace the head yards one way and the after yards another.

orm a depression around the top of (a hole in wood, metal, etc.) for the reception of the head of a screw or bolt below the surface, either wholly or in part; as, to countersink a hole for a screw.

Beveled on the lower side, so as to fit a chamfered countersink; as, a countersunk nailhead.

Cut off smoothly, as distinguished from erased; -- used especially for the head or limb of an animal. See Erased.

To put the usual covering or headdress on. Cover thy head . . . ; nay, prithee, be covered. Shak.

A covering for the head. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A tuft of hair turned up or awry (usually over the forehead), as if licked by a cow.

The top of the head, or the head itself. We will belabor you a little better, And beat a little more care into your coxcombs. Beau & Fl.

A kind of hammer having a head formed of a group of pointed steel bars, used for dressing ashlar, etc. -- v. t.

crane, Traveler crane, Traversing crane (Mach.), a crane mounted on wheels; esp., an overhead crane consisting of a crab or other hoisting apparatus traveling on rails or beams fixed overhead, as in a machine shop or foundry. -- Water crane, a kind of hydrant with a long swinging spout, for filling locomotive tenders…

The crushing of a child's head, as with the cranioclast or craniotomy forceps in cases of very difficult delivery. Dunglison.