HEA 
‘dead in oppofition to the followers, or thofe which come after 
them. 
‘Huan, Jl, 2 difeafe in fheep, of the jaundice kind. | See 
—— nige™ 
Keep, a term which is frequently employed by 
ziers te denote the firft dite of pafture lands, or the be 
cep that is afforded by the farm for the fupport of cattle 
Gack, fheep, &c. 
Heap-land, a na 
land or ridge 2a runs croflways at the top and 
of a field, and which ferves for the —. of $984: 
ivation 
much mould or 
bottom 
the 
‘as well astime. The 
i materials of head-lands into com 
is that of frequently 
very intimately with the 
intention the lume, dung, 
be {pread out in a thin even manner over every part eon 
ning the work of plonghior | in the middle of the head jand. 
‘As foon as the calcareous fubftances have been well inter- 
- mixed with the earth mates dung may be fpread out, 
‘and be well blended with the other matter: 
But where the foil of head-lands of this kind is of the 
more ftiff clayey defcription, it will be neceflary to lay the 
up in high ridges for the winter feafon, in order that 
it may be. well broken down and mellowed by the frott, 
harrowing it well in the {pring with a heavy harrow, and 
‘afterwards incorporating the lime, dung, &c. in the man- 
ner that has been already advifed. 
In cafes where lime is the only fubftance made ufe of, the 
and the harrow, | 
the lime on at san but at different times, ploughing and 
harrowing the land over well after eac 
lime has become ee effete in the foil. 
In thefe ways very good earthy compoits may be formed 
os but little trouble or expence. See Compost and Ma- 
* Hira fk a term frequently applied to the beft or leading 
y graziers. 
_ tock b 
the bank or principal ground of a 
- Heap is applied to 
SET aie line of a mill or dam, or 
3 alfo to the top water 
er. 
in Geography, a ca 
Heap of Ayr, on the W. coaft of 
the county 0: of Hkyr. N. 
Scotland, in 55° 30. W. long. 
* eis El a town of Maryland, at the i of Che- 
of So uth Wales, - Shee county 
S.W. of Pembro. 
Heap-borow, or Tip docuek fignifies oe Spits who 
is the chief of the oe aa tee and had fhe sigs the prin- 
rection of thofe within his own 
alfo -called burrow-head, igh ety tee now bof 
ay, a cape 
of Heap of a greats 
moftly made ufe of to fignify the. 
oil is 
HEA 
holder, third-borow, tything-man, chie ef ~pledge, and ee 
according to the diverfity o 
peech in divers places. 
This office is now ufually called a high-conflable. . 
e head-borow, was the chief of ten pledges ; the other 
nine were called hand-bor ows, or plegii manuales, 
, by the, in Sea Language, denotes the. fate of a 
fhip which 3 is laden deeper at the fore-end than the after- 
end. 
Gq 
Heap apg See Farcin 
Heap-a/, in Sea Language, fignifies a rope employed to 
faflen a iD to a wharf, chain, or buoy, or to fome — 
veffel along-fide. 
Heap-land. Se 
ND 
Heap-lines, ina Ship, thofe ropes of a'l fails which are 
next to the yards, and by which the fails are made fatt to 
the > Spas 
p-moff, in n Sea Language, denotes the fituation be any 
hea or ies which are the moft advanced in a fleet 
of battle. 
Heap-mould_bot, a difeafe in children, wherein the futures 
of the fkull, generally the coronal, ride ; that is, have 
edges fhot over one another ; and are fo clofe locked toge- 
“thier, as to comprefs the internal baits the meninges, or. 
even the brain itfelf. 
The difeafe ufually occafions convulfions, = is Bes 
to admit of no cure from medicine, unlefs r uld be. 
i ual operation or a divulfion of de yess 
“ae ope fhot is the diforder oppofite to the horfe- 
AD-pe nce, an exaction of a certain fum former ty, cols 
wand by the the riff of Northumberland from the inhabitants 
of that county, without any account to be made to the king 
This was abolifhed by the ftatute 23 Hen. VI. cap. 7+ 
Blount. 
ps, aterm ufed by 
which they ufed to lay at the eaves. of a ho 
full breadth of a. common tile, and 
HEAp-rope, ina Ship, 1 
terminates any of the principal 
which is accordingly fewed to it. 
Hes Aes are thofe which belong to the fore-maft and. 
ooverind, and by which it is made to fall off an ut 
of the wind; fuch are the fore-fail, fore-top-fail, fore-top 3 
gallant-fail, jib, fore-ftay-fail, and the ‘ 
Pi ge and thefe in quarter-winds are the chief drawing- 
Heap-fea is when a great wave or billow of the fea comes 
ie Fa a-head of the fhip as the is in tae courfe. 
ward the fitting it for working i 
has been and twice walked: 
lies uppermoft, or makes the furface a the mafs in a 
18 me the head-tin ; this is feparated from t 
u more re wathing, becomes fit for. the blowing- 
Heap-to-wind, in Sea Language; denotes the fituation of 
a fhip or vai when her head is turned to windward. eat 3 
HeAp-way fignifies the motion of os at "ia 
is generally ufed when a fhip firft begins o advances ine 
calm weather, a it is doubtful ae ” the be in a - 
of reft or mot 
HEADFORD, in Geography, 
county of Galway, and province ©: 
103 miles N. by W. from Dublin. 
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