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The flanged outer end of a drawbar; also, a name applied to the drawgear.

Affliction; dreariness. [Obs.] Spenser.

Drowsiness. Thomson.

which is pierced with sockets for levers used in turning it. See Illust. of Capstan. Drumhead court-martial (Mil.), a summary court-martial called to try offenses on the battlefield or the line of march, when, sometimes, a drumhead has to do service as a writing table.

Drunkenness. [Obs.]

A blockhead; a dolt. Ascham.

Thick-headed; stupid.

A dunce; a numskull; a blockhead. Beau. & Fl.

A cyprinoid fish of the Mississippi valley (Pimephales promelas); -- called also black-headed minnow.

A frivolous or featherbrained person. [Colloq.] H. James.

Giddy; frivolous; foolish. [Colloq.] G. Eliot.

o enterprises in which he has no responsible interest or duties; a nominal, but not real, head or chief.

Having a head with a flattened top; as, a flat-headed nail.

Characterized by flatness of head, especially that produced by artificial means, as a certain tribe of American Indians.

The upper extermities of the floor of a vessel.

The front of that part of the head which incloses the brain; that part of the face above the eyes; the brow.

A person without thought fulness, prudence, or judgment. [Colloq.] Burton.

Thoughtless; unsteady.

ratus, a valuable food fish common in the Mediterranean (so named from its golden-colored head); -- called also giltpoll.

The Deity; God; the Supreme Being. The imperial throne Of Godhead, fixed for ever. Milton.