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The head or presiding officer in the faculty of some colleges or universities.

An executioner; a headsman or hangman. [Obs.] Shak.

A small beetle (Anobium tessellatum and other allied species). By forcibly striking its head against woodwork it makes a ticking sound, which is a call of the sexes to each other, but has been imagined by superstitious people to presage death.

To cut off the head of; to behead.

The act of beheading; beheading.

The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as, declination of the head.

hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend. "With declining head." Shak. He . . . would decline even to the lowest of his family. Lady Hutchinson. Disdaining to decline, Slowly he falls, amidst triumphant cries. Byron. The ground at length became broken and declined rapidly. Sir W. Scott.…

To sever from the neck; to behead; to decapitate. The decollated head of St. John the Baptist. Burke.

The act of beheading or state of one beheaded; -- especially used of the execution of St. John the Baptist.

Beheading. [R.] By a speedy dethroning and decolling of the king. Parliamentary History (1648).

A head or chief over ten; especially, an officer who commanded a division of ten soldiers.

ted in form; having a deformity; misshapen; disfigured; as, a deformed person; a deformed head. -- De*form"ed*ly, adv. -- De*form"ed*ness, n.

The collection of attributes which make up the nature of a god; divinity; godhead; as, the deity of the Supreme Being is seen in his works. They declared with emphasis the perfect deity and the perfect manhood of Christ. Milman.

Having a delirium; wandering in mind; light-headed; insane; raving; wild; as, a delirious patient; delirious fancies. -- De*lir"i*ous*ly, adv. -- De*lir"i*ous*ness, n.

cise; to discharge; as, to deliver a blow; to deliver a broadside, or a ball. Shaking his head and delivering some show of tears. Sidney. An uninstructed bowler . . . thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straightforward. Sir W. Scott.

ave no doubt, would be as demure and coquettish, as if ten winters more had gone over her head. Miss Mitford.

ic epidemic disease attended with high fever, cutaneous eruption, and severe pains in the head and limbs, resembling those of rheumatism; -- called also breakbone fever. It occurs in India, Egypt, the West Indies, etc., is of short duration, and rarely fatal.

Lowest place; extreme downward place. [R.] And from the extremest upward of thy head, To the descent and dust below thy foot. Shak.

to trace or mark out; as, to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the head in such a way as to describe a circle.

A flow, rush, or tendency to a particular part; as, a determination of blood to the head.