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Hawser (h�zẽr or h�sẽr), n. [From F. hausser to lift, raise (cf. OF. hausserée towpath, towing, F. haussière hawser), LL. altiare, fr. L. altus high. See .] A large rope made of three strands each containing many yarns.
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☞ Three hawsers twisted together make a cable; but it nautical usage the distinction between cable and hawser is often one of size rather than of manufacture.
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Coloq. Hawser iron , a calking iron.
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Hawser-laid (-lād), a. Made in the manner of a hawser. Cf. , and see Illust. of .
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Hawthorn (h�thôrn), n. [AS. hagaþorn, hægþorn. See a hedge, and .] (Bot.) A thorny shrub or tree (the Cratægus oxyacantha), having deeply lobed, shining leaves, small, roselike, fragrant flowers, and a fruit called haw. It is much used in Europe for hedges, and for standards in gardens. The American hawthorn is Cratægus cordata, which has the leaves but little lobed.
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Gives not the hawthorn bush a sweeter shade
To shepherds? Shak.
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Hay (hā), n. [AS. hege: cf. F. haie, of German origin. See a hedge, .] 1. A hedge. [Obs.]
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2. A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially of a rabbit. Rowe.
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Coloq. To dance the hay , to dance in a ring. Shak.
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Hay, v. i. To lay snares for rabbits. Huloet.
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Hay, n. [OE. hei, AS. hēg; akin to D. hooi, OHG. hewi, houwi, G. heu, Dan. & Sw. hö, Icel. hey, ha, Goth. hawi grass, fr. the root of E. hew. See to cut.] Grass cut and cured for fodder.
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Make hay while the sun shines. Camden.
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Hay may be dried too much as well as too little. C. L. Flint.
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Coloq. Hay cap , a canvas covering for a haycock. -- Coloq. Hay fever (Med.), nasal catarrh accompanied with fever, and sometimes with paroxysms of dyspnœa, to which some persons are subject in the spring and summer seasons. It has been attributed to the effluvium from hay, and to the pollen of certain plants. It is also called hay asthma, hay cold, rose cold, and rose fever. -- Coloq. Hay knife , a sharp instrument used in cutting hay out of a stack or mow. -- Coloq. Hay press , a press for baling loose hay. -- Coloq. Hay tea , the juice of hay extracted by boiling, used as food for cattle, etc. -- Coloq. Hay tedder , a machine for spreading and turning new-mown hay. See .
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Hay, v. i. To cut and cure grass for hay.
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Haybird (hābẽrd), n. (Zoöl.) (a) The European spotted flycatcher. (b) The European blackcap.
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Haybote (hābōt), n. [See hedge, and , and cf. .] (Eng. Law.) An allowance of wood to a tenant for repairing his hedges or fences; hedgebote. See . Blackstone.
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Haycock (hākŏk), n. A conical pile or heap of hay in the field.
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The tanned haycock in the mead. Milton.
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Hay-cutter (hākŭttẽr), n. A machine in which hay is chopped short, as fodder for cattle.
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Hayfield (hāfēld), n. A field where grass for hay has been cut; a meadow. Cowper.
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Hayfork (hāfôrk), n. A fork for pitching and tedding hay.
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Coloq. Horse hayfork , a contrivance for unloading hay from the cart and depositing it in the loft, or on a mow, by horse power.
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Hayloft (hālŏft; 115), n. A loft or scaffold for hay.
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Haymaker (hāmākẽr), n. 1. One who cuts and cures hay.
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2. A machine for curing hay in rainy weather.
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3. A forceful punch that results in someone being knocked down or knocked out; as, he delivered a haymaker to his opponent's jaw. [slang]
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Haymaking, n. The operation or work of cutting grass and curing it for hay.
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Haymow (hāmou), n. 1. A mow or mass of hay laid up in a barn for preservation.
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2. The place in a barn where hay is deposited.
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Hayrack (hārăk), n. A frame mounted on the running gear of a wagon, and used in hauling hay, straw, sheaves, etc.; -- called also hay rigging and hay rig.
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Hayrake (hārāk), n. A rake for collecting hay; especially, a large rake drawn by a horse or horses.
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Hayrick (-rĭk), n. A heap or pile of hay, usually covered with thatch for preservation in the open air.
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hayrig n. a frame attached to a wagon to increase the amount of hay it can carry.
Syn. -- hayrack, hay rigging.
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hayseed n. 1. a rural, unsophisticated person; also used in an extended sense for one who is not very intelligent or uninterested in culture.
Syn. -- yokel, rube, hick, yahoo, bumpkin, chawbacon.
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2. Seed from grass, especially that which falls out of hay.
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Haystack (hāstăk), n. A stack or conical pile of hay in the open air.
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Haystalk (hāst�k), n. A stalk of hay.
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Haythorn (hāthôrn), n. Hawthorn. R. Scot.
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Haytian (hātĭ�n), a. Of or pertaining to Haiti; now usually written Haitian. -- n. A native of Haiti. [Written also Haitian.]
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Hayward (hāwẽrd), n. [Hay a hedge + ward.] An officer who is appointed to guard hedges, and to keep cattle from breaking or cropping them, and whose further duty it is to impound animals found running at large.
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Hazard (hăzẽrd), n. [F. hasard, Sp. azar an unforeseen disaster or accident, an unfortunate card or throw at dice, prob. fr. Ar. zahr, zār, a die, which, with the article al the, would give azzahr, azzār.] 1. A game of chance played with dice. Chaucer.
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2. The uncertain result of throwing a die; hence, a fortuitous event; chance; accident; casualty.
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I will stand the hazard of the die. Shak.
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3. Risk; danger; peril; as, he encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life.
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Men are led on from one stage of life to another in a condition of the utmost hazard. Rogers.
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4. (Billiards) Holing a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).
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5. Anything that is hazarded or risked, as the stakes in gaming. “Your latter hazard.” Shak.
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6. (Golf) Any place into which the ball may not be safely played, such as bunkers, furze, water, sand, or other kind of bad ground.
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Coloq. Hazard table , a table on which hazard is played, or any game of chance for stakes. -- Coloq. To run the hazard , to take the chance or risk. -- Coloq. to hazard , at risk; liable to suffer damage or loss.

Syn. -- Danger; risk; chance. See .
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Hazard, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hazarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Hazarding.] [Cf. F. hasarder. See , n.]
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1. To expose to the operation of chance; to put in danger of loss or injury; to venture; to risk.
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Men hazard nothing by a course of evangelical obedience. John Clarke.
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He hazards his neck to the halter. Fuller.
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2. To venture to incur, or bring on.
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I hazarded the loss of whom I loved. Shak.
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They hazard to cut their feet. Landor.

Syn. -- To venture; risk; jeopard; peril; endanger.
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Hazard (hăzẽrd), v. i. To try the chance; to encounter risk or danger. Shak.
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Hazardable (-ȧb'l), a. 1. Liable to hazard or chance; uncertain; risky. Sir T. Browne.
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2. Such as can be hazarded or risked.
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Hazarder (-ẽr), n. 1. A player at the game of hazard; a gamester. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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2. One who hazards or ventures.
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Hazardize (-īz), n. A hazardous attempt or situation; hazard. [Obs.]
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Herself had run into that hazardize. Spenser.
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Hazardous (-ŭs), a. [Cf. F. hasardeux.] Exposed to hazard; dangerous; risky.
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To enterprise so hazardous and high! Milton.

Syn. -- Perilous; dangerous; bold; daring; adventurous; venturesome; precarious; uncertain.

-- Hazardously, adv. -- Hazardousness, n.
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hazardousness n. the state of being dangerous.
Syn. -- perilousness, precariousness, danger.
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Hazardry (-r�), n. 1. Playing at hazard; gaming; gambling. [R.] Chaucer.
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2. Rashness; temerity. [R.] Spenser.
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Haze (hāz), n. [Cf. Icel. höss gray; akin to AS. hasu, heasu, gray; or Armor. aézen, ézen, warm vapor, exhalation, zephyr.] 1. Light vapor or smoke in the air which more or less impedes vision, with little or no dampness; a lack of transparency in the air; hence, figuratively, obscurity; dimness.
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O'er the sky
The silvery haze of summer drawn. Tennyson.
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Above the world's uncertain haze. Keble.
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2. A state of confusion, uncertainty, or vagueness of thought or perception; as, after the explosion, people were wandering around in a haze.
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Haze, v. i. To be hazy, or thick with haze. Ray.
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Haze, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hazed (hāzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Hazing.] [Also hase.] [Cf. Sw. haza to hamstring, fr. has hough, OD. hæssen ham.] 1. To harass by exacting unnecessary, disagreeable, or difficult work.
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2. To harass or annoy by playing abusive or shameful tricks upon; to humiliate by practical jokes; -- used esp. of college students, as an initiation rite into a fraternity or other group; as, the sophomores hazed a freshman.
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Hazel (hāz'l), n. [OE. hasel, AS. hæsel; akin to D. hazelaar, G. hazel, OHG. hasal, hasala, Icel. hasl, Dan & Sw. hassel, L. corylus, for cosylus.] 1. (Bot.) A shrub or small tree of the genus Corylus, as the Corylus avellana, bearing a nut containing a kernel of a mild, farinaceous taste; the filbert. The American species are Corylus Americana, which produces the common hazelnut, and Corylus rostrata. See . Gray.
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2. A miner's name for freestone. Raymond.
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Coloq. Hazel earth , soil suitable for the hazel; a fertile loam. -- Coloq. Hazel grouse (Zoöl.), a European grouse (Bonasa betulina), allied to the American ruffed grouse. -- Coloq. Hazel hoe , a kind of grub hoe. -- Coloq. Witch hazel . See , and .
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Hazel, a. 1. Consisting of hazels, or of the wood of the hazel; pertaining to, or derived from, the hazel; as, a hazel wand.
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I sit me down beside the hazel grove. Keble.
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2. Of a light brown color, like the hazelnut. “Thou hast hazel eyes.” Shak.
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Hazeless (hāzlĕs), a. Destitute of haze. Tyndall.
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Hazelly (hāz'll�), a. Of the color of the hazelnut; of a light brown. Mortimer.
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Hazelnut (hāz'lnŭt), n. [AS. hæselhnutu.] The nut of the hazel. Shak.
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hazelwood n. A reddish-brown wood and lumber from the heartwood of the sweet gum tree.
Syn. -- sweet gum, satin walnut, red gum.
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Hazelwort (-wŭrt), n. (Bot.) The asarabacca.
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Hazily (hāzĭl�), adv. In a hazy manner; mistily; obscurely; confusedly.
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Haziness, n. The quality or state of being hazy.
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Hazle (hāz'l), v. t. To make dry; to dry. [Obs.]
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Hazy (hāz�), a. [From , n.] 1. Thick with haze; somewhat obscured with haze; not clear or transparent. “A tender, hazy brightness.” Wordsworth.
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2. Obscure; confused; not clear; as, a hazy argument; a hazy intellect. Mrs. Gore.
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H-bomb (āchbŏmb) n. The hydrogen bomb, a thermonuclear weapon that releases atomic energy by union of hydrogen nuclei at high temperatures to form helium. The force of its explosion may range from one to hundreds of megatons of TNT equivalent.
Syn. -- hydrogen bomb, fusion bomb, thermonuclear bomb.
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HDL (āchdēĕl), n. High density lipoprotein, a lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood; high levels are thought to be associated with decreased risk of coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis; sometimes called good cholesterol. Contrasted with LDL.
Syn. -- high-density lipoprotein.
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He (hē), pron. [nom. He; poss. His (hĭz); obj. Him (hĭm); pl. nom. They (�ā); poss. Their or Theirs (�ârz or �ārz); obj. Them (�ĕm).] [AS. hē, masc., heó, fem., hit, neut.; pl. hī, or hie, hig; akin to OFries. hi, D. hij, OS. he, hi, G. heute to-day, Goth. himma, dat. masc., this, hina, accus. masc., and hita, accus. neut., and prob. to L. his this. √183. Cf. .] 1. The man or male being (or object personified to which the masculine gender is assigned), previously designated; a pronoun of the masculine gender, usually referring to a specified subject already indicated.
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Thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. Gen. iii. 16.
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Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou serve. Deut. x. 20.
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2. Any one; the man or person; -- used indefinitely, and usually followed by a relative pronoun.
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He that walketh with wise men shall be wise. Prov. xiii. 20.
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3. Man; a male; any male person; -- in this sense used substantively. Chaucer.
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I stand to answer thee,
Or any he, the proudest of thy sort. Shak.
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☞ When a collective noun or a class is referred to, he is of common gender. In early English, he referred to a feminine or neuter noun, or to one in the plural, as well as to noun in the masculine singular. In composition, he denotes a male animal; as, a he-goat.
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He (?), (Chem.) The chemical symbol for .
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-head (-hĕd), suffix. A variant of .
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Head (hĕd), n. [OE. hed, heved, heaved, AS. heáfod; akin to D. hoofd, OHG. houbit, G. haupt, Icel. höfuð, Sw. hufvud, Dan. hoved, Goth. haubiþ. The word does not correspond regularly to L. caput head (cf. E. , , ), and its origin is unknown.] 1. The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the chief sensory organs; poll; cephalon.
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2. The uppermost, foremost, or most important part of an inanimate object; such a part as may be considered to resemble the head of an animal; often, also, the larger, thicker, or heavier part or extremity, in distinction from the smaller or thinner part, or from the point or edge; as, the head of a cane, a nail, a spear, an ax, a mast, a sail, a ship; that which covers and closes the top or the end of a hollow vessel; as, the head of a cask or a steam boiler.
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3. The place where the head should go; as, the head of a bed, of a grave, etc.; the head of a carriage, that is, the hood which covers the head.
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4. The most prominent or important member of any organized body; the chief; the leader; as, the head of a college, a school, a church, a state, and the like. “Their princes and heads.” Robynson (More's Utopia).
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The heads of the chief sects of philosophy. Tillotson.
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Your head I him appoint. Milton.
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5. The place or honor, or of command; the most important or foremost position; the front; as, the head of the table; the head of a column of soldiers.
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An army of fourscore thousand troops, with the duke of Marlborough at the head of them. Addison.
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6. Each one among many; an individual; -- often used in a plural sense; as, a thousand head of cattle.
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It there be six millions of people, there are about four acres for every head. Graunt.
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7. The seat of the intellect; the brain; the understanding; the mental faculties; as, a good head, that is, a good mind; it never entered his head, it did not occur to him; of his own head, of his own thought or will.
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Men who had lost both head and heart. Macaulay.
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8. The source, fountain, spring, or beginning, as of a stream or river; as, the head of the Nile; hence, the altitude of the source, or the height of the surface, as of water, above a given place, as above an orifice at which it issues, and the pressure resulting from the height or from motion; sometimes also, the quantity in reserve; as, a mill or reservoir has a good head of water, or ten feet head; also, that part of a gulf or bay most remote from the outlet or the sea.
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9. A headland; a promontory; as, Gay Head. Shak.
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10. A separate part, or topic, of a discourse; a theme to be expanded; a subdivision; as, the heads of a sermon.
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11. Culminating point or crisis; hence, strength; force; height.
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Ere foul sin, gathering head, shall break into corruption. Shak.
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The indisposition which has long hung upon me, is at last grown to such a head, that it must quickly make an end of me or of itself. Addison.
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12. Power; armed force.
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My lord, my lord, the French have gathered head. Shak.
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13. A headdress; a covering of the head; as, a laced head; a head of hair. Swift.
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14. An ear of wheat, barley, or of one of the other small cereals.
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15. (Bot.) (a) A dense cluster of flowers, as in clover, daisies, thistles; a capitulum. (b) A dense, compact mass of leaves, as in a cabbage or a lettuce plant.
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16. The antlers of a deer.
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17. A rounded mass of foam which rises on a pot of beer or other effervescing liquor. Mortimer.
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18. pl. Tiles laid at the eaves of a house. Knight.
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☞ Head is often used adjectively or in self-explaining combinations; as, head gear or headgear, head rest. Cf. , a.
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Coloq. A buck of the first head , a male fallow deer in its fifth year, when it attains its complete set of antlers. Shak. -- Coloq. By the head . (Naut.) See under . -- Coloq. Elevator head , Coloq. Feed head , etc. See under , , etc. -- Coloq. From head to foot , through the whole length of a man; completely; throughout. “Arm me, audacity, from head to foot.” Shak. -- Coloq. Head and ears , with the whole person; deeply; completely; as, he was head and ears in debt or in trouble. [Colloq.] -- Coloq. Head fast . (Naut.) See 5th . -- Coloq. Head kidney (Anat.), the most anterior of the three pairs of embryonic renal organs developed in most vertebrates; the pronephros. -- Coloq. Head money , a capitation tax; a poll tax. Milton. -- Coloq. Head pence , a poll tax. [Obs.] -- Coloq. Head sea , a sea that meets the head of a vessel or rolls against her course. -- Coloq. Head and shoulders . (a) By force; violently; as, to drag one, head and shoulders. “They bring in every figure of speech, head and shoulders.” Felton. (b) By the height of the head and shoulders; hence, by a great degree or space; by far; much; as, he is head and shoulders above them. -- Coloq. Heads or tails or Coloq. Head or tail , this side or that side; this thing or that; -- a phrase used in throwing a coin to decide a choice, question, or stake, head being the side of the coin bearing the effigy or principal figure (or, in case there is no head or face on either side, that side which has the date on it), and tail the other side. -- Coloq. Neither head nor tail , neither beginning nor end; neither this thing nor that; nothing distinct or definite; -- a phrase used in speaking of what is indefinite or confused; as, they made neither head nor tail of the matter. [Colloq.] -- Coloq. Head wind , a wind that blows in a direction opposite the vessel's course. -- Coloq. off the top of my head , from quick recollection, or as an approximation; without research or calculation; -- a phrase used when giving quick and approximate answers to questions, to indicate that a response is not necessarily accurate. -- Coloq. Out of one's own head , according to one's own idea; without advice or coöperation of another. -- Coloq. Over the head of , beyond the comprehension of. M. Arnold. -- Coloq. to go over the head of (a person) , to appeal to a person superior to (a person) in line of command. -- Coloq. To be out of one's head , to be temporarily insane. -- Coloq. To come or draw to a head . See under , . -- Coloq. To give (one) the head , or Coloq. To give head , to let go, or to give up, control; to free from restraint; to give license. “He gave his able horse the head.” Shak. “He has so long given his unruly passions their head.” South. -- Coloq. To his head , before his face. “An uncivil answer from a son to a father, from an obliged person to a benefactor, is a greater indecency than if an enemy should storm his house or revile him to his head.” Jer. Taylor. -- Coloq. To lay heads together , to consult; to conspire. -- Coloq. To lose one's head , to lose presence of mind. -- Coloq. To make head , or Coloq. To make head against , to resist with success; to advance. -- Coloq. To show one's head , to appear. Shak. -- Coloq. To turn head , to turn the face or front. “The ravishers turn head, the fight renews.” Dryden.
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