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A partition in a vessel, to separate apartments on the same deck.

The black-bellied plover (Squatarola helvetica); -- called also beetlehead.

Having a head like that of a bull. Fig.: Headstrong; obstinate; dogged.

A projecting piece of timber or iron near the bow of vessel, to which the anchor is hoisted and secured.

A person with a large head; a numskull; a dunce. [Low] Knowles.

Having a large head; thickheaded; dull; stupid. Smart.

Blockhead; dunce; -- so called because the handle of a cittern usually ended with a carved head. Marsion

ving a clear understanding; quick of perception; intelligent. "He was laborious and clear-headed." Macaulay. -- Clear"-head`ed*ness, n.

The rounded or pointed top of a grinding mill spindle, forming a pivot on which the stone is balanced.

(Bot.) A leguminous herb (Onobrychis Caput-galli), having small spiny-crested pods.

Having a temper not easily excited; free from passion. -- Cool"-head`ed*ness, n.

A poisonous American serpent (Ancistrodon conotortrix), closely allied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; -- called also copper-belly, and red viper.

A beam or bar across the head or end of a rod, etc., or a block attached to it and carrying a knuckle pin; as the solid crosspiece running between parallel slides, which receives motion from the piston of a steam engine and imparts it to the connecting rod, which is hinged to the crosshead.

A bulkhead on the forecastle and half deck of a ship.

One who receives free tickets for theaters, public conveyances, etc. [Colloq. U. S.]

A naked human skull as the emblem of death; the head of the conventional personification of death. I had rather be married to a death's-head with a bone in his mouth. Shak. Death's-head moth (Zoöl.), a very large European moth (Acherontia atropos), so called from a figure resembling a human skull on the back of the tho…

Having a head shaped like that of a dog; -- said of certain baboons.

A dotard. [R.] Tyndale.

Having two heads; bicipital. Double-headed rail (Railroad), a rail whose flanges are duplicates, so that when one is worn the other may be turned uppermost.

See Dragon's blood, Dragon's head, etc., under Dragon.