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rope which terminates the fail on the upper edge to 
which it is fattened. 
HEAD-SAIL, f A fail that belongs to the fore-part 
-of the lliip. 
HEAD-SEA,/". A fea term: a great wave coming 
direftly towards tlie head'of the (hip. 
HEAD-SILVER,/. The fine of forty pounds or up¬ 
wards, which the fheriff of Northumberland heretofore 
exacted of the inhabitants twice in feven years. 
HEAD-'STALL, f. Part of the bridle that covers the 
head.—His horfe, with a half-check!d bit, and a head- 
Jldll of dteep’s leather, hath been often burft. Shakefpeare. 
HEADrSTONE,/. The fird or capital done.—The 
■done, which the builders refufed, is become tire head- 
■Jlone. Pf. cxviii. 24..—A done at the head of a grave. 
HE AD-TG-WIND, adj. Having the head of the fhip 
directly to tire wind. 
HEAD-WAY, f. The aft of moving forward ; the 
motion .of advancing ; room for the head to pals. 
HEAD-WORKMAN, f. The foreman, or chief fer- 
vaht over the red. Properly 'two words.—Can Wood 
be otherwife regarded than as the mechanic, the head- 
workman, to prepare furnace and damps ? Swift. 
HEAD'ER,/ One that heads nails, or pins. Inma- 
for.ry, the di d brick in the angle.—If the header of one 
fide of the wall is toothed as much as the dretcher on 
the outfide, it would be a ftronger toothing, and the 
joints of the headers of one fide would be in the middle 
of the ladders' of the courfe they lie upon of the other 
fide. Moxon. 
HEAD'FAST,/ A fea term: a rope employed to 
faden the head of a fiiip. 
HEAD'FORD, a town of Ireland, in the county of 
Galway : twelve miles north of Galway. 
HEAD'INESS,/; Hurry j ralhnefs; dubbornnefs; pre¬ 
cipitation; obdinacy.—If any will ralliiy blame fuch his. 
choice of old and unwonted words, him may I morejudly 
blame and condemn, either of witlefs headinefs in judg¬ 
ing, or of headlefs hardinefs in condemning. Spenjer. 
HEAD'ING,/. The aft of leading or governing; or 
of furnifhing witli a head. 
HEAD'LESS, adj, Without a head ; beheaded: 
On the cold earth lies th’ unregarded king, 
A headlefs carcafe, and a namelefs thing. Denham. 
Prickly dubs, indead of trees, are found ; 
Headlefs the moft, and hideous to behold. Dryden. 
Without a chief.—They reded not until they had made 
the empire dand headlefs about feventeen years. Raleigh. — 
Obdinate ; inconfiderate; ignorant; wanting intellefts; 
perhaps for heedlefs. —Him I may morejudly blame and 
condemn, either of witlefs headinefs in judging, or of 
headlefs hardinefs in condemning. Spenfer. 
HEAD'LONG, adj. Steep ; precipitous. Radi ; 
thoughtlefs. Sudden; precipitate.—It fuddenly fell 
from an excefs of favour, which many examples having 
taught them, never dopt his race till he came to a head¬ 
long overthrow. Sidney. 
HEAD'LONG, ado. With the head foremod. It is 
often doubtful whether this word be adjeftive or adverb: 
Headlong from thence the glowing Fury fprings, 
And o’er the Theban palace fpreads her wings. Pope. 
Rafltly; without thought; precipitately.—To give Ahab 
fuch warning as might infallibly have prevented his de- 
druftion, was edeemed by him evil; and to pudi him on 
. headlong into it, becaufe he was fond of it, was accounted 
good. South. 
Some afk for envied pow’r, which public hate 
Purfues, and hurries headlong to their fate. Dryden, 
Hadily; without delay or refpite: 
Unhappy offspring of my teeming womb! 
Dragg’d headlong from thy cradle to thy tomb. Dryden, 
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It is very negligently ufed by Shakefpeare : 
Hence will I drag thee headlong by the heels, 
Unto a dunghill, which fhall be thy grave. Shakefpeare. 
HEAD'MOST, adj. A fea term: mod advanced; 
mod forward. 
HEA'DON. See Heydon. 
HEADS, /. Tiles which are laid at the eaves of a 
houfe. 
HEAD'SHIP", f. Dignity; authority; chief place. 
HEADS'MAN,/. Executioner; one that cuts off 
heads: 
Reds broke on our affociates bleeding backs, 
And headfmen lab’ring till they blunt their axe. Dryden. 
HEAD'STRONG, adj. Unredrained; violent; un¬ 
governable ; refolute to run his own way ; as a horfe 
whole head cannot be held in.—An example, for hcad- 
Jlrong and inconfiderate zeal, no lefs fearful than Achi- 
tophel for proud and irreligious wifdoin. Hooker. 
Now let .the headjlrong boy my will controul: 
Virtue’s no Have of man; no fex confines the foul : 
I, for myfelf, th’ imperial feat will gain, 
And he fitall wait my lcifure for his reign. Dryden. 
HEAD'STRONGNESS, f. Stubbornnefs; obdinacy. 
HEA'DY, adj. Radi; precipitate; liady; violent; 
ungovernable ; hurried on with pafiion.—Men, naturally 
warm and heady, are tranfported with the greated flufh 
of good-nature. Addifon. 
Take pity of your town and of your people, 
While yet the cool and temp’rate wind of grace 
O’erblows the filthy and contagious clouds 
Of heady murder, fpoil, and villainy. Shakefpeare. 
Apt to affeft the head.—I was entertained with a fort 
of wine which was very heady, but otherwife feemed to 
be fack. Boyle. 
Flow, Welded! flow, like thine infpirer, beer; 
Heady, not flrong ; and foaming, though not full. Pope , 
Violent; impetuous: 
Never came reformation in a flood 
With fuch a' heady current fcow’ring faults ; 
Nor ever hydra-headed wilfulnefs 
So foon did lofe his feat. Shakefpeare. 
To HEAL, v. a. [kalgan, Goth, haelan, Sa x.-heelan y 
Dut.] To cure a perfon ; to redore from hurt or fick- 
nefs.—I will redore health, and heal thee of thy wounds. 
Jcr.xxx. —To cure a wound or didemper.—Thou had 
no healing medicines. Jer. xxx. 13.—To perform the aft 
of making a fore to cicatrize, after it is cleanfed.—After 
feparation of the efehar, I deterged and healed. Wifeman. 
—-To reconcile ; as, He healed all didenfions. 
To HEAL, v. n. To grow well. Ufed of wounds or 
fores.—Abfceffes will have a greater or lefs tendency to 
heal, as they are higher or lower in the body. Sharp. 
HEA'LER, f. One who cures or heals.—I will not 
bean healer. Ifaiah. 
HEAL'FANG, or. Hals'fang,/. [from halp, Sax,. 
collum, and pang, capere.~\ In the old Britifh cudoms, 
that punifhment, qua alicui collum fringatur. Colliflrigium ; 
the placing on the pillory. Sometimes it is taken for a 
pecuniary mulft, to commute for dandingin the pillory; 
payable to the king or chief lord. Leg.H. 1. c. 11. 
HEAL'GEMOTE, f. A court baron; an ecclefiadi- 
cal court. Phillips. 
HEATING, part. adj. Mild; mollifying; gentle; 
affuafive; as, He is of a healing, pacific, temper. 
HEATING,/ in medicine, comprehends the whole 
procefs of curing or removing a diforder, and recovering 
health. In furgery, it denotes the uniting or confoli- 
dating the lips of a wound or ulcer. The medicines pro¬ 
per for this intention are called incarnatives, agglutinatives, 
vulneraries } Sec. In architecture, it denotes the covering 
